ζμιρριεια

ζίλαι,

A v. ζελᾶς. [full] ζινίχιον, τό, shoe-latchet, Suid. [full] ζιτᾶνα· καταπύγονα, Hsch. [full] ζίφυιος, Elean for δίφ-. [full] ζίω, = ζητέω, EM411.51: ζίεται· ζητεῖται, ibid., Hsch. [full] ζμαράγδινος, v. σμαρ-. [full] ζμάω, v. σμάω. [full] ζμῆμα, v. σμῆμα. [full] ζμιρριεῖα, τά, emery, IG12(8).51.20 (Imbros, ii B.C.); cf. σμύρις. [full] ζμύρνη, [full] ζμύρνινος, etc., v. σμύρν-. [full] ζόα, [full] ζόη, [full] ζοτα, v. ζωή. [full] ζόασον· σβέσον, Hsch. [full] ζοός, v. ζωός. [full] ζορκάς, άδος, and ζόρξ, ζορκός, ἡ, v. δορκάς. [full] ζούγωνερ, [dialect] Lacon. for ζύγωνες, ploughing oxen, Id. [full] ζούϊον ἢ ζοῦον θηρίον, ἢ ἐρυσίπελας, Id. (Prob. Thess. for ζῷον.) [full] ζούσθω· ζωννύσθω, Id. (Prob. Thess.)

σμύρις, ιδος, ἡ,

A emery-powder, used by lapidaries, Dsc.5.147; [full] σμίρις v.l. in Dsc. l.c., Orib.13 λ 24, Paul.Aeg.7.3 s.v. λίθοι; [full] σμιρίς, ἡ, Hsch., Aët.2.26; gen.

σμίρεως Orib.15.1.20

codd.; cf. ζμιρριεῖα: —also [full] σμιρίτης [ῑτ] λίθος, ὁ, LXX Jb.41.7 (v.l. [full] σμιριτος).

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `emery-powder for abrading and polishing' (Dsc., late medic.).

Derivatives: σμιρίτης λίθος m. (LXX; Redard 61), σμιριεῖα n. pl. (wr. ζμιρριεια) `emery-powder' (Imbros II^a).

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

Etymology: Unexplained. Since long (Fick 1, 575; 2, 317; WP. 2, 690, Pok. 970f., W.-Hofmann s. medulla w. lit.) with μύρον (s. v.) connected wih a Germ.-Celt. word for `grease, fatt' in OHG. smero, OIr. smi(u)r etc.; not very convincing as to the factual matter. Also the frequent notation with ι remains hard to understand (vowelharmony?). Acc. to v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 45 to σμάω, σμῆν; semantically to be preferrred; σμύρις then after μύρον? Furnée 366 takes the variation υ: ι as proof of Pre-Greek origin.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `emery-powder for abrading and polishing' (Dsc., late medic.).

Derivatives: σμιρίτης λίθος m. (LXX; Redard 61), σμιριεῖα n. pl. (wr. ζμιρριεια) `emery-powder' (Imbros II^a).

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

Etymology: Unexplained. Since long (Fick 1, 575; 2, 317; WP. 2, 690, Pok. 970f., W.-Hofmann s. medulla w. lit.) with μύρον (s. v.) connected wih a Germ.-Celt. word for `grease, fatt' in OHG. smero, OIr. smi(u)r etc.; not very convincing as to the factual matter. Also the frequent notation with ι remains hard to understand (vowelharmony?). Acc. to v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 45 to σμάω, σμῆν; semantically to be preferrred; σμύρις then after μύρον? Furnée 366 takes the variation υ: ι as proof of Pre-Greek origin.

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