σιφνύει κενοῖ

σιφνός,

A v. σιφλός. [full] σιφνύει· κενοῖ, Hsch. [full] σιφῶμαι· τήκομαι, Id.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: Adj., of physical and psychical defects, approx. `crippled, lame' ( πόδα σιφλός A. R.), `blinded, foolish ( Γλαῦκος Eleg. Alex. Adesp. 1, 2; of fishes Opp.); also `porous, hollow' ( νάρθηξ Eust.).

Other forms: σιπαλός, σιφνός s. bel.

Derivatives: Aor. opt. σιφλώσειεν (Ξ 142, curse), subst. σίφλος `infirmity' (Lyc.), - ωμα `porosity, hollowness' (Eust.). -- Besides σιπαλός approx. `blinded, maimed' (Call. Fr. anon. 106, H., Eust.); also with ν-suffix σιφνός κενός, σιφνύει κενοῖ H., σιφνεύς m. `mole' (Lyc.; Bosshardt 66); unclear σίφνις = σιπύη (s.v.).

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

Etymology: With σιφλός cf. τυφλός, χωλός etc. (Chantraine Form. 238), with σιπαλός: ἁπαλός, ἀταλός, στρεβλός etc.; with σιφνός: στριφνός, στρυφνός, also κενός a. o. As expressive adj. of these wavering meanings are constantly changed after associated words, it would be wrong, to see in the above varying forms the effect of an IE sound or suffixvariation (cf. Specht Ursprung 260). The ν-formations σιφνός, σιφνεύς, σίφνις can hardly be separated from σίφων (s. v.); however σιφλός and σιπαλός stand apart because of their stem. They could be cognate with σίνομαι (Bq). -- Pre-Greek because of the variants.

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