σιαλίς βλέννος

σιᾰλίς, ίδος, ἡ, a kind of

A bird, Did. ap. Ath.9.392f.

II σιαλίς· βλέννος, Ἀχαιοί, Hsch.

Grammatical information: n. (m.)

Meaning: `spittle, slobber', metaph. `joint-fluid, synovitis' (Hp., Pherecr., X., Arist., hell. a. late).

Other forms: σίελον (- ος)

Derivatives: σιαλίς βλέννος (`slime') H., σιαλώδης `saliva-like' (Hp.), σιαλ-ίζω ( σιελ-) `to form spittle, slobber, to foam' (Hp., Archig.), - ισμός m. `waterbrash' (medic.), - ιστήριον n. `bridle-bit' (Gp.). Besides the verb σίαι πτύσαι (cod. πτῆσαι) Πάφιοι H. (cf. Schwyzer 752 n. 4).

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

Etymology: Expressive-popular words as πτύαλον, πτύω, with which they have also genetically been connected; s. πτύω w. further lit. On the supposed but quite uncertain connection with Skt. kṣī́vati `spit' (Dhātup.) s. Wackernagel in Bechtel Dial. 1. 454 and Mayrhofer s. v. -- To be noted further the very rare and late attested σιαίνομαι, aor. σιάνθην `to meet antipathy, disgust' (pap. Vl--VII^p, H., Suid., Gloss.), σιαίνω `to cause antipathy' (sch.), which seems to be a transformation of the synonymous σικχαίνω, - ομαι (s. v.) after σίαι and similar unliterary forms. -- It cold derive from a Pre-Greek *s^yal-. S. also σίαλος.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `mucous discharge, μύξα' (Hp.).

Other forms: βλέννος n. (Arist.). πλένναι μύξαι H.; βλένα μύξα. οἱ δε δία τοῦ π πλένα καὶ πλέννα τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ δυσκίνητα H.; πλεννεραί = μυξώδεις (Hp. ap. Gal. 19, 131). ( πληνώδης ἁσθενης H. perh. to be read πλεν(ν)-, Fur. 144).

Derivatives: βλεννώδης `slimy, mucous' (Hp.). Also βλεν(ν)ός `id., idiot' (Epich.); with regularly withdrawn accent βλέννος m. a fish (Sophr., H. as explanation of σιαλίς), s. Strömberg 29, Grilli Studi itfilcla. 33 (1961)201f.

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

Etymology: The gemination can be expressive (Meillet BSL 26, 15f.). βλέννος can go back on *μλεδ-σ-νος (Schwyzer 322, Lejeune Traité de phon. 105; diff. Specht KZ 62, 213f.) connecting Skt. ū́rṇa-mradas- `soft as wool' (= Gr. *-βλεδής), pres. mr̥dnāti, mardati, also ( vi)- mradati (\< *- mled-eti) `soften' (to mr̥dú- `soft'). Cf. further MIr. blind `slime from the mouth of a dead man', Pok. 718. DELG: "pour le sens ces rapprochements ne s'imosent pas". Frisk: "Der sehr beschränkte Wert dieser Kombinationen liegt indessen auf der Hand." - As Fur. 144 points out, the variations π\/β, νν\/ν prove a Pre-Gr. word. If the -α is short, π\/ βλενα cannot be IE\/Gr, whereas this ending is frequent in Pre-Greek. - The words still exists in Mod. Greek.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `mucous discharge, μύξα' (Hp.).

Other forms: βλέννος n. (Arist.). πλένναι μύξαι H.; βλένα μύξα. οἱ δε δία τοῦ π πλένα καὶ πλέννα τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ δυσκίνητα H.; πλεννεραί = μυξώδεις (Hp. ap. Gal. 19, 131). ( πληνώδης ἁσθενης H. perh. to be read πλεν(ν)-, Fur. 144).

Derivatives: βλεννώδης `slimy, mucous' (Hp.). Also βλεν(ν)ός `id., idiot' (Epich.); with regularly withdrawn accent βλέννος m. a fish (Sophr., H. as explanation of σιαλίς), s. Strömberg 29, Grilli Studi itfilcla. 33 (1961)201f.

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

Etymology: The gemination can be expressive (Meillet BSL 26, 15f.). βλέννος can go back on *μλεδ-σ-νος (Schwyzer 322, Lejeune Traité de phon. 105; diff. Specht KZ 62, 213f.) connecting Skt. ū́rṇa-mradas- `soft as wool' (= Gr. *-βλεδής), pres. mr̥dnāti, mardati, also ( vi)- mradati (\< *- mled-eti) `soften' (to mr̥dú- `soft'). Cf. further MIr. blind `slime from the mouth of a dead man', Pok. 718. DELG: "pour le sens ces rapprochements ne s'imosent pas". Frisk: "Der sehr beschränkte Wert dieser Kombinationen liegt indessen auf der Hand." - As Fur. 144 points out, the variations π\/β, νν\/ν prove a Pre-Gr. word. If the -α is short, π\/ βλενα cannot be IE\/Gr, whereas this ending is frequent in Pre-Greek. - The words still exists in Mod. Greek.

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