νώτισμα

     νώτισμα

    - ατος τό украшение спины ( о крыльях Сфинкса) Eur.

νώτισμα

that which covers the back: neut nom /voc /acc sg

νώτισμα, τό, was man auf dem Rücken hat (von den Flügeln der Sphinx)

νώτ-ισμα, ατος, τό, ( νωτίζω II)

A that which covers the back, e.g. wings, Trag.Adesp.541.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: sec. τὸν νῶτον (acc.) and οἱ νῶτοι (Egli Heteroklisie 84ff.) `back' (Il.).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. νωτο-φόρος `carrying om the back', m. `bearer', n. `beast of burden' (X., hell.) with - έω, - ία (D. S.); ποικιλό-νωτος `with motley back' (Pi., E.)

Derivatives: Adj. νωτ-ιαῖος (Hp., Pl., E.; Chantraine Form. 49), also - αῖος (Nic.), - ιος (Ti. Locr.) `belonging to the back', f. - ιάς (Hp.). Subst. νωτιδανός m. `kind of shark' (Arist.; on the formation Schwyzer 530), also ἐπινωτιδεύς `id.' (Epaen. ap. Ath. 7, 294 d; explanation uncertain, s. Thompson Fishes s.v.; diff. Strömberg Fischnamen 49f.; cf. also Bosshardt 86); νωτεύς m. `beast of burden' (Poll., H.; Bosshardt l.c.). Verb νωτίζω, also w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, `turn one's back, cover one's back, besmear, beat on the back' (trag.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 5, 287) with νώτισμα n. `cover of the back' = `wing' ( Trag. Adesp.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: No certain cognates. One compares since Curtius 320 Lat. natis, natēs, gen. pl. - ium f. `the buttock', s. W.-Hofmann s.v. with further attempts at connection.

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