ἀκυλλόν <Anatolian; Early Byzantine period>
👉 ἀκυλλόν – a Lydian gloss with the meaning of αἰδοῖον ‘genitals’ (Hsch. α 2688), also ἄκυλον ‘id.’ (EM 55.1).
⚠ Hsch. α 2688: ἀκυλλόν· τὸ αἰδοῖον. Λυδοί. – “akyllon: genitals. Lydians”; EM 55.1: ἄκυλον· βάλανον πρινίνην. οἱ δὲ τὸ αἰδοῖον ὑπὸ Λυδῶν, καὶ κομάρου ὁ καρπός. (...) – “akylon (acc. sg.): acorn of the evergreen oak. Some (say) that Lydians (call so) genitals; also fruit of the strawberry tree. (...)”.
🅔 A Lydian word without etymology. The form with the single λ inferred from EM 55.1 seems to be a mistake due to a superficial comparison with ἄκυλος m./f. ‘acorn of the evergreen oak (Quercus ilex L.)’ made by ancient or Byzantine grammarians. According to the communis opinio, there is an etymological connection of ἀκυλλόν and ἄκυλος m./f. (cf. βάλανος f. ‘acorn’ and ‘glans penis’), but this hypothesis is uncertain; cf. also a view that ἀκυλλόν is simply a Greek word derived from ἄκυλος.
📖 Ref.: cf. Camagni 2017: 230; LW: 271; O. Masson 1955: 288.