εἰνά-νυχες

εἰνά-νυχες, adv. neun Nächte lang

Grammatical information: num.

Meaning: `nine' (Il.);

Other forms: also hεννέα (Herakl.; after ἑπτά, ὁκτώ) ἐννῆ or -ή (Delph., Cyren. etc.; cf. Fraenkel Glotta 20, 88).

Compounds: As 1. member beside ἐννεα- (e. g. Hom. ἐννεά-βοιος) also older ἐνα-, Ion. εἰνα-, e. g. Hom. εἰνά-ετες adv. `nine years long', εἰνά-νυχες `nine nights long', ἐνα- ( εἰνα-)κόσιοι;

Derivatives: thus in deriv. ἔνα-τος `the ninth', Ion. εἴνατος, Argiv. Cret. ἤνατος, Aeol. ἔνοτος; εἰνάς f. `the ninth day' (Hes. Op. 810) beside ἐννεάς `number of nine ' (Theoc.); ἐνάκις ( εἰ-) `nine times' a. o.; - but ἐννῆμαρ `nine days long' (Α 53), s. Sommer Zum Zahlwort 28f., 33 and details, e. g. Boeot. ἐνακηδεκάτη and ἐνναετήρω (Hes. Op. 436); also Schwyzer 590f.. - On ἐνενήκοντα s. v.; to ἔνατος cf. δέκατος s. δέκα.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [318] *h₁n(e)u̯n̥ `nine'

Etymology: Beside Skt. náva, Lat. novem (with -m after decem, septem), Goth. niun, Lith. devynì, OCS devętь (with d- through dissimilation against -n- or after dẽšimt, desętь) etc., all from IE *h₁neu̯n̥, Gr. ἐννέ(Ϝ)α, *ἐνϜα- (*h₁n̥u̯n̥; from where εἰνα-, ἐνα- etc.) like Arm. inn (= inǝn, disyllabic) show forms beginning with vowel, IE *h₁neu̯n̥, *h₁nu̯n̥; unclear Thrac. ενεα (v. Blumenthal IF 51, 115). -A special problem presents the geminate in ἐννέα. Acc. to Ward Lang. 24, 50ff. caused by the length in ἑπτά, ὀκτω (improbable); acc. to Sommer Zum Zahlwort 27 *ἐν| Ϝα- changed *ἐ| νέϜα to *ἐν|| νέϜα (improbable). Diff. again Wackernagel KZ 28, 132ff. (= Kl. Schr. 1, 614ff.); thus Schwyzer 591. S. also Belardi Doxa 3, 204f. - Connection with `new', νέος is impossible because of the * h₁-. Wrong Szemerényi, Syncope 107-118 (who does not accept the laryngeal).

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    adv. в течение девяти ночей Hom.