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1 σαίνω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `to wag with the tail, to waggle', metaph. `to blandish, to flatter' (Od., Hes.).Other forms: rare aor. ἔσηνα (e.g. ρ 302), ἔσᾱνα (Pi. O. 4, 6, P. 1, 52).Compounds: Also w. περι-, προσ- a.o. As 1. member in σαίνουροι καὶ σαινουρίδες οἱ τὰς οὑρὰς συνεχῶς κινοῦντες ἵπποι καὶ κύνες H.Derivatives: σάννιον τὸ αἰδοῖον ἀντὶ τοῦ κέρκιον. τὸ γὰρ αἰδοῖον ἐσθ' ὅτε οὑρὰν ἔλεγον, ὡς Εὔπολις H., so prop. `tail' (- νν- hypocor. gemination); also σαν-νίων (Arr.), σάννας (Cratin.), σάννορος (Rhinth.) m. `fool', σαννάδας τὰς ἀγρίας αἶγας H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. To be rejected Solmsen IF 30, 38 ff.: prop. denom. of an old word for `penis', *σήν, gen. *σαν-ός, IE *tu̯ēn, gen. *tu̯n̥-ós [one would expects *tu̯nH-, as perh. in the Lith. form] to Lith. tvìnstu, tvìnti `swell out, of a river' a.o.; n-enlargement of tēu̯-, tū̆- `swell' (WP. 1, 706ff., Pok. 1080ff.; not to σῶς). Here acc. to Solmsen also other words in σα-, e. g. Σάτυρος (s. v.).Page in Frisk: 2,671Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σαίνω
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