Ίσχύλος

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `power, strength, might' (seit Hes.).

Compounds: Comp. ἄν-ισχυς `powerless' (LXX). - as 1. member e. g. ἰσχυρο-ποιέω `strengthen, fortify' (Plb.), as 2. member (for uneasy - ισχυς, Frisk Adj. priv. 18) in ἀν-ίσχυρος `not strong, without power' (Hp., Str.), ὑπερ-ίσχυρος `extremely strong' (X., Arist.).

Derivatives: Denomin. verb ἰσχύω, aor. ἰσχῦσαι, also with prefix, ἐν-, ἐξ-, κατ-, ὑπερ- etc., `have power, strength, might' (Pi., Hp., att.) with ἴσχυσις (LXX). - Adj. ἰσχῡρός `powerful, strong, mighty, vehement' (IA) - From there ἰσχυρικός `strong' (Pl. Tht. 169b; expressive enlargement?; diff. Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 147) and the denominatives 1. ἰσχυρίζομαι, also with prefix as δι-, ἀπ-, ἀντ-, `prove strong, exert oneself, proclaim emphatically etc.' (Heraclit., Att.) with the desiderative ἰσχυρι-είω `venture to affirm' (Hp.); 2. κατ-ισχυρεύομαι `be vehement' (Aq.); Ίσχύλος PN (inscr.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: From H. (and Hdn. Gr. 1, 509) βίσχυν (Lac.), γισχύν ἰσχύν would lead to PGr. *Ϝισχύ̄ς (which Brugmann IF 16, 493f., Grundr.² 2: 1, 209 connected with Skt. vi-ṣah- `have in one's power'; so to σχ-εῖν, ἔχειν (s. v.) with the prefix *u̯i- `from one another', also augment.; cf. on ἴδιος). But Myc. isukuwo-doto shows no digamma. The connection with ἔχειν seems rather improbable. On the ū-stem (like πληθύ̄ς, νηδύ̄ς etc.) s. Schwyzer 463f.; further Meid IF 63, 1 1, who assumes an abstract formation from an adj. *Ϝι-σχ-ύς `resisting' (- υ- as in ἐχυ-ρός), which is also not convincing - Diff. Meillet BSL 27, 129ff.: prothetic ἰ-, adaptation to Ϝίς sec. - Chantraine Emerita 19, 134ff. considers connection with ἰξύς, ἰσχίον; there also on meaning and use ( ἰσχύς as popular avoided by Hom. ?). Pre-Greek origin seems quite probable.

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