νωθώδης

νωθώδης, ες, of persons,

A lethargic, Aret.SD2.5.

νωθώδης

lethargic: masc /fem acc pl (epic ionic)

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `slow, indolent, stubborn' (Λ 559, orig. Ion. after v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. 389, s. also Bechtel Dial. 3, 319 and Leumann Hom. Wörter 316).

Derivatives: More usual νωθρός `id.' (IA.) with several derivv.: νωθρ-ία, - ίη (Hp., Herod., pap.), - ότης f. (Hp., Arist., LXX) `slowness, indifference'; - ώδης `laming' (Hp.); f. νωθράς, - άδος plantname, = βαλλωτή, also νωθ-ουρίς (Ps.-Dsc.). Denomin.: 1. νωθρεύω, - ομαι `be slow, slack, indifferent' (Hp., Hyp., pap.) with νωθρεία `slowness' (Erot.); 2. νωθρ-ιάω `id.' (Dsc.). νώθεια f. `indolence' (Pl., Luc.), νωθώδης `lethargic' (Aret.).

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

Etymology: Perh. with Doederlein and Bechtel Lex. s.v. from n̥-priv. (s. νωδός) and ὄθομαι "who cares for nothing" with formation of the second member after the σ-, resp. ρο-stems cf. Schwyzer 513 and 483). After Müller-Graupa PhW 63,94 to ὠθέω ("who does not let him pushed from his place); equally probable. -- Not with Johansson and Brugmann (s. Bq) to Skt. ādhrá- `weak, poor' (s. WP. 1, 57 n. 1 and Mayrhofer s.v.), also not with Mayrhofer Arch. Linguist. 2, 137 to Pāli dandha- `slow' (phonetically very difficult). Forssman, FS XXX defends connection with Skt. ādhra-. Fur. 390 connects νωφάλης and νωφρύς (but a variation χ\/φ is further unknown to me).

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