καταῖθυξ

καταιθύσσω,

A wave or float down,

πλόκαμοι.. νῶτον καταίθυσσον Pi.P.4.83

; εὐδίαν ὃς καταιθύσσει ἑστίαν sheds fair weather down upon the hearth, ib.5.11:—hence [full] καταῖθυξ ὄμβρος, Trag.Adesp. 216.

καταίφλεξ,

A burning with heat, Hsch. s.v. καταῖθυξ.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `kindle', Med. intr. `burn (with light)' (Il.)

Other forms: pres. only.

Compounds: On Αἰθίοπες s.s.v. On κακ-ιθής, s. κέγκει

Derivatives: αἶθος m. `burning heat' (E.) = Skt. édha- m. `firewood', OHG eit m., OE ād `blaze, pyre'; αἰθός `glowing', also `colour of fire, dark', also αἴθων, - ωνος (Il.) and αἶθοψ (see on the meanings Beekes, Gl. 73, 1995\/6, 15-17). - αἶθος n. `fire' (A. R.) = Skt. édhas- n. `firewood', but the Greek word is late. - αἰθόλικες `pustule, pimple' (Hp., Gal.) (cf. πομφόλυξ `bubble'). αἰθύσσω came to mean also `stir up' (Sapph.); deriv. καταῖθυξ ( ὄμβρος ὁ καταιθύσσων H.); diff. Pisani Paideia 15, 1950, 245f. - αἴθυια f. name of a bird (s. Thompson Birds s. v.), also epithet of Athena, s. Kiock Arch. f. Religionswiss. 18, 127ff. but also Kretschmer Glotta 9, 229f., mostly explained as a colour name, but rather a substratum word (Szemerényi 1964 = Syncope, 207, Beekes 1998 FS Watkins 25 on - υια.). On αἴθουσα `hemlock, Conium maculatum' (Ps.-Dsc.) see CEG 4 (from `black') - On αἰθήρ, αἰθάλη, αἴθουσα see s. vv.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [11] * h₂eidʰ- `kindle'

Etymology: Old PIE verbal root, of which the zero grade * h₂idʰ- appears in ἰθαρός, ἰθαίνω. Sanskrit has the root form idh-, with a nasal present i-n-ddhé `id.' (of which ἰθαίνω may be a reminiscence). αἶθος m. can be of PIE date, s. above. Av. aēsma- m. `firewood', Lith. íesmė `id.', Lat. aedes, aestas, aestus, Germanic e.g. OHG eit (s. above), ON. eisa f. `burning coals'.

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