χαλάω
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
χολάδες
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kholas
English translation (word)
entrails
Transliteration (Etymon)
khalaō
English translation (etymon)
to loosen, slacken
Century
5 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Lexicon, chi 603
Ed.
I.C. Cunningham and P.A. Hansen, Hesychii Alexandrini lexicon, Vol. IV [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) Band 11/4. Berlin - New York: De Gruyter, 2009]
Quotation
χολάδες· τὰ ἔντερα ἀπὸ τοῦ κεχαλάσθαι
Translation (En)
Kholades "entrails": the intestines, from the fact that they are loosened (kekhalasthai)
Parallels
bT Scholion Il. 4.526 (χολάδες: τὰ ἔντερα, ἀπὸ τῆς κοιλότητος ἢ τοῦ κεχαλάσθαι, bT ὅθεν καὶ κῶλον. T οἱ δὲ τὰ ἔντερα, ἃ τὴν ξανθὴν ἔχει χολήν bT)
Modern etymology
Isolated within Greek, the word has an almost exact cognate in Slavic želǫdъkъ "stomach", implying *ghe/ol-(o)nd- (Beekes, EDG). However, some still argue for a connection with the group of χόλος, χολή
Persistence in Modern Greek
Χολάς is lost in MG
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Paronymic etymology relying on the similar sequence χ-λ. The etymology may refer to the soft texture of the entrails, as opposed to flesh, or to the fact that they pour out of the wound if this applies too Il. 4.526 (see the bT scholion) χύντο χαμαὶ χολάδες