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1 βριτύ
Grammatical information: adj.Compounds: Βριτό-μαρτις surname of Artemis on Crete (inscr., Str.), also a goddess or nymphe on Crete (Dreros) (Call. Dian. 190); Βριτομάρτια n. pl. feast on Delos (inscr.). Also Βριτόμαρπις, - μάρπεια (Crete). Acc. to Marinatos Άρχ. Δελτ. 9, 79ff. to Μάρπησσα, name of a divinity in Aetolia. Wahrmann. Glotta 19, 170 thinks - μαρπις is the original form (but that Βριτόμαρτις is due to dissimilation is improbable); thus Guarducci, Inscr. Cr. 1, 35. Also Βρυτόμαρτις (Wahrmann l.c.). - Acc. to Solin. 11, 8 = `dulcis virgo', which seems confirmed by the gloss. Latte thinks that the gloss may have been invented secondarily to explain the name, but R. A. Brown. Pre-Greek Speech on Crete, 1985, 41 rightly objects that the υ-stem is not accounted for in this way. IE etymologies are useless. For π\/τ Fur. 166 compares Πανοπεύς \/ Φανοτεύς, see also his p. 389; a variation ι\/υ is known from Pre-Greek.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Page in Frisk: 1,269Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βριτύ
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2 Βριτό-μαρτις
Meaning: Surname of Artemis on Crete (inscr., Str.), also a goddess or nymphe on Crete, Dreros (Call. Dian. 190).Other forms: Also Βριτόμαρπις, - μάρπεια (Crete).Derivatives: Βριτομάρτια n. pl. feast on Delos (inscr.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Acc. to Marinatos Άρχ. Δελτ. 9, 79ff. to Μάρπησσα, name of a divinity in Aetolia. Wahrmann, Glotta 19, 170 thinks - μαρπις is the original form (but that Βριτόμαρτις is due to dissimilation is improbable); thus Guarducci, Inscr. Cr. 1, 35. Also Βρυτόμαρτις (Wahrmann l.c.). - Acc. to Solin. 11, 8 = `dulcis virgo', which seems confirmed by the gloss. Latte thinks that the gloss may have been invented secondarily to explain the name, but R. A. Brown, Pre-Greek Speech on Crete, 1985, 41 rightly objects that the υ-stem is not accounted for in this way. IE etymologies are useless. For π\/τ Fur. 166 compares Πανοπεύς \/ Φανοτεύς see also his p. 389; a variation ι\/υ is known from Pre-Greek.Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Βριτό-μαρτις
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Βριτόμαρτις ή Βριτόμαρπις — Θεότητα της μινωικής θρησκείας στην Κρήτη. Σύμφωνα με άλλη εκδοχή, καταγόταν από τη Φοινίκη και εμφανίστηκε αρχικά στο Άργος. Το όνομά της σημαίνει γλυκιά παρθένα και ήταν κόρη του Δία και της Κάρμης. Στην Κρήτη, την ταύτιζαν αρχικά με την Άρτεμη … Dictionary of Greek
