νοτισμός

νοτισμός, ὁ, Anfeuchtung

νοτ-ισμός, ὁ,

A wetting, Dam.Isid.92.

II moisture, Sor.1.118.

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νοτισμός

wetting: masc gen sg

νοτισμός

wetting: masc gen sg

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `South(west)wind', which brings mist and wetness (Il.), `the South, Southwest' (IA.); on the meaning Nielsen Class. et Med. 7, 5ff.

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. Εὑρό-νοτος m. `Wind between Εὖρος a. Νότος' (Arist.).

Derivatives: A. Subst.: 1. νοτία, - ίη f. `wetness' (Θ 307, Arist., Thphr.); it could also be am abstractformation in - ία from νότιος, s. Scheller Oxytonierung 54 f.); from it νοτιώδης (Gal.) = νοτώδης (s.b.) and νοτιάω `be wet, drip', if not rather νοτ-ιάω (s.b.). -- 2. νοτίς, - ίδος f. `wetness' (E., Pl., Arist.). -- B. Adj.: 1. νότιος `rainy, wet' (ep., Hp.), `southern' (IA.); on the retention of - τι- Schwyzer 270; 2. νοτερός `ds.' (IA.); 3. νότινος `id.' (pap.); 4. νοτώδης `id.' (Hp.); 5. νοτ-ιαῖος `south(west)ern' (Herm. ap. Stob.). -- C. Verbs: 1. νοτίζομαι, - ίζω `become, be wet, make wet', also w. prefix, e.g. κατα-, ὑπο-, (IA.); from it νοτισμός `wetness' (Sor.). -- 2. νοτέω (hell.), νοτ-ιάω (Arist.; Schwyzer 732; cf. above) `be wet, drip'.

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

Etymology: Of νότος, prob. orig. verbal noun, *'dripping, rainin' w.t., remind formally and semant. νέω and νήχω `swim' (s. vv.); a t-formation also in Lat. nătō `swim' as well as in Arm. nay `wet, fluid' (PArm. * nato-), who however both have a deiating vowel (IE. snǝ-t, beside snā- in nā-re, νή-χω, would give other problems). For νότος we expect rather * sn-ot-os. So this leads nowhere. WP. 2, 692f., Pok. 972. The form may be Pre-Greek.

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