γαυλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A connection with γύαλον (gúalon), γωλεός (gōleós), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”) has been considered. But this word can be considered, as γαῦλος (gaûlos) denoting a Phoenician merchant-ship, as being via Phoenician or a near language from Akkadian 𒄖𒌌𒇻 (gullu, “a container”), 𒄖𒌌𒆷𒌅 (gullatu, “ewer”), a vinicultural word of unascertainable non-Semitic origin, being via its variant 𒄣𒇷𒌋 (qulliu, “a bowl”) the source of Biblical Hebrew גֻלָּה‎ (gullāh), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎍 (gl), Aramaic קוּלְתָא‎ (qulləṯā), Arabic قُلَّة‎ (qulla), جُلَّة‎ (julla), Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܠܬܳܐ‎ (qulləṯā), which passed into Latin culullus (“wine jug”) and into Ancient Greek κόλλαθον (kóllathon, “a unit of liquid measure used in Syria”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γαυλός • (gaulós) m (genitive γαυλοῦ); second declension

  1. milk pail
  2. water bucket
  3. any round vessel, beehive

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Latin: gaulus

References

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