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1 βρένθις
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Grammatical information: m.Meaning: The data are very complicated.1. a bird (a waterbird Arist. HA 609a23, but a singing bird (v.l. βρίνθος) Arist. HA 15a16 = κόσσυφον (`blackbird') Η.; s. Thompson Birds s. v.); 2. `pride' (Ath.); 3. πυθμήν, τύμβος H. 4. a perfume βρένθον μύρον (`perfume') τι \< τῶν παχέων\>, ὡς βάκκαρις (`unguent'), οἱ δε ἄνθινον μύρον H. cf. βρενθινῳ̃ ἀνθινῳ̃ H. 5. βρένθινα ῥιζάρια τινά, οἷς ἐρυθραίνονται αἱ γυναῖκες τὰς παρειάς οἱ δε ἄγχουσαν, οὐκ εὖ... οἱ δε φῦκος (`orchil'?) παραμφερες κύδει Α᾽φροδίτης H. 6. βρένθις = θρίδαξ (Nic. fr. 120), βρένθιξ θριδακίνη. Κύπριοι H.Derivatives: βρένθειον ( μύρον; Sapph.). - βρένθυς, - υος f. `perfume of βρένθειον μύρον' (Phld.). - More usual is βρενθύομαι (pres. only) `bear oneself haughtily, swagger' (Ar.), also βρενθύνομαι (AP),Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: DELG thinks the bird is the same word as that for `arrogance', which is quite doubtful. DELG suggests that there were two groups, the bird (+ arrogance) and the plants and the perfurme. The word for = `τύμβος' may be another group. So nothing is certain. - Hardly here βρινδεῖν θυμοῦσθαι, ἐρεθίζειν H. as Illyrian (v. Blumenthal, Hesychst. 6, Krahe DLZ 1930, 1654); also Alessio, Studi Etruschi 15, 190ff. If the v.l. βρίνθος is reliable, the (a?) bird may be Pre-Gr., as is to be expected.Page in Frisk: 1,266Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βρένθος
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