κοῖλος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
κάλαμος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kalamos
English translation (word)
reed
Transliteration (Etymon)
koilos
English translation (etymon)
hollow
Century
4-3 BC
Source
Idem
Ref.
Historia plantarum 8.3.2
Ed.
S. Amigues, Théophraste. Recherches sur les plantes, vol. 1-5, Paris: Les Belles Lettres
Quotation
Πάλιν ὁ καυλὸς τῶν μὲν γονατώδης καὶ κοῖλος—διὸ καὶ καλεῖται κάλαμος—, […]
Translation (En)
And the stem of the former is angular and hollow (koilos)—this is why it is called kalamos "reed"— […]
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Old word for "reed, straw", cognate with Lat. culmus, Ru. soloma "straw", Germ. halm (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has κάλαμος as a learned word. The usual word is καλάμι
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology implying a formal manipulation (change of the vowel).