σφην-ίσκος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `wedge' (A. Pr. 64, Ar., Arist., hell. pap.).

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. σφηνό-πους, - ποδος `with wedge-shaped feet' ( κλίνη; Ceos V<sup>a</sup>; cf. σφανίον below and Sommer Nominalkomp. 30), ἐπί-σφηνος `wedge-shaped' (Lebadeia, Strömberg Prefix Studies 100), ἀντι-σφήν `counter-wedge' (Ph. Bel.).

Derivatives: 1. Dimin. σφην-ίσκος m. (Hp. a.o.), - άριον n. (late medic.), uncertain - ίς, - ίδιον (Hero). 2. σφανίον κλινίδιον and ἐν σφανίῳ ἐν κλιναρίῳ H. (Schulze KZ 45, 190f. = Kl. Schr. 379); but παρα-σφήν-ιον n. `side-wedge' (hell. inscr. a. pap.) hypostasis. 3. - όομαι, - όω, often w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, δια-, παρα-, `wedged in, to be wedged, to wedge (in)' (Arist., medic., hell. a. late) with σφήνωσις ( ἀπο-, δια-, ἐπι-) f. `the wedging in' (medic. a.o.), ἀποσφήν-ωμα n. `wedge-shaped block' (pap. II^p).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: From σφανίον and Cean σφηνόπους, of which the Η cannot render PGr. ē but must contain a PGr. a-sound, we get for σφήν a basic form *σφά̄ν, if need be *σφανσ- (cf. χήν) or *σφα-ην (WP. 2, 652f., Pok. 980, Schwyzer 487 n. 7 w. lit.; diff. Wahrmann Glotta 6, 162ff.). Through this the traditional identification (since Kuhn KZ 4, 15) with a Germ. word for `chip' in OHG spān, OE spōn, OWNo. spānn, spōnn, PGm. * spēn-u-, must be given up. The words given sub σπάθη may be compared. -- Skt. sphyá- n. m. approx. `slice, kind of oar etc.' (on the meaning Janert KZ 79, 89ff.) remains far; hypothesis by Thieme Die Heimat d. idg. Gemeinspr. 16 (agreeing Janert l.c.): to NHG Espe etc.; against this Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 164 f. -- So no etym.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `wedge' (A. Pr. 64, Ar., Arist., hell. pap.).

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. σφηνό-πους, - ποδος `with wedge-shaped feet' ( κλίνη; Ceos V<sup>a</sup>; cf. σφανίον below and Sommer Nominalkomp. 30), ἐπί-σφηνος `wedge-shaped' (Lebadeia, Strömberg Prefix Studies 100), ἀντι-σφήν `counter-wedge' (Ph. Bel.).

Derivatives: 1. Dimin. σφην-ίσκος m. (Hp. a.o.), - άριον n. (late medic.), uncertain - ίς, - ίδιον (Hero). 2. σφανίον κλινίδιον and ἐν σφανίῳ ἐν κλιναρίῳ H. (Schulze KZ 45, 190f. = Kl. Schr. 379); but παρα-σφήν-ιον n. `side-wedge' (hell. inscr. a. pap.) hypostasis. 3. - όομαι, - όω, often w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, δια-, παρα-, `wedged in, to be wedged, to wedge (in)' (Arist., medic., hell. a. late) with σφήνωσις ( ἀπο-, δια-, ἐπι-) f. `the wedging in' (medic. a.o.), ἀποσφήν-ωμα n. `wedge-shaped block' (pap. II^p).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: From σφανίον and Cean σφηνόπους, of which the Η cannot render PGr. ē but must contain a PGr. a-sound, we get for σφήν a basic form *σφά̄ν, if need be *σφανσ- (cf. χήν) or *σφα-ην (WP. 2, 652f., Pok. 980, Schwyzer 487 n. 7 w. lit.; diff. Wahrmann Glotta 6, 162ff.). Through this the traditional identification (since Kuhn KZ 4, 15) with a Germ. word for `chip' in OHG spān, OE spōn, OWNo. spānn, spōnn, PGm. * spēn-u-, must be given up. The words given sub σπάθη may be compared. -- Skt. sphyá- n. m. approx. `slice, kind of oar etc.' (on the meaning Janert KZ 79, 89ff.) remains far; hypothesis by Thieme Die Heimat d. idg. Gemeinspr. 16 (agreeing Janert l.c.): to NHG Espe etc.; against this Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 164 f. -- So no etym.

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σφην-ίσκος, ὁ, Dim. of σφήν, Hp.Mochl.38, prob. in Sch.Hes. Op. 425.

II wedge-shaped plug, pledget for the nose, Paul.Aeg. 2.58.

III Math., an irregular truncated pyramid, with v.l. σφηκίσκος, Hero *Deff.114, cf. *Stereom.1.25: cf. βωμίσκος.

2 a number with 3 unequal factors, Anon. in Tht.43.14, Nicom.Ar.2.6.

IV wedge-shaped ornament on shoe, Herod.7.22 (prob. rest.).

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `wasp' (Il.).

Other forms: Dor. (Theoc.) -ᾱκός m.

Derivatives: I. σφηκ-ιά f. `wasp-nest' (S., E., Ar., LXX a.o.; Scheller Oxytonierung 68). 2. - ίον n. `comb in a wasp's nest' (Arist., Thphr. a.o.); ἐπι-σφήκ-ιον n. meaning unknown (Delos III^a). 3. - ίσκος m. `pointed wood, rafter etc.' (Ar., Arist., inscr. a.o.). 4. - ίας m. `id.' (Pherecr.), also name of a verse (Ps.-Plu.; cf. σφηκικός, σφηκώδης). 5. - ειον n. `wasp-like insect' (Nic.). 6. - εια f. old name of the island Cyprus (Lyc., H.). 7. - ικός `wasp-like', name of a verse (Eust.), - ώδης `id.' (Ar. a.o.), also name of a verse (sch.). 8. - ισμός εἶδος αὑλή-σεως, εἰρημένον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμφερείας τῶν βομ\<β\>ῶν H. (: *σφη-κίζω). 9. - ίωσις κηρία σφηκῶν H. (: σφηκ-ίον, *-ιόω). 10. Unclear σφηκός = σφηκώδης (S. Fr. 29), σφήξ λόφου τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ λόφου κτλ. H.; σφήκη n. pl. meaning unknown (pap. III<sup>a</sup>). II. Usual denom. - όομαι, - όω, often w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐπι-, `to be contracted, bound in the middle, esp. to contract, to bind' (P52, Ar., hell. a. late epic, late prose) with - ωμα n. `point of a helmet' (S., Ar.), `cord, cable' (pap. III^a etc.).

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

Etymology: On the formation cf. μύρμηξ, σκώληξ (s. vv.). Unexplained. Tempting, but morpholog. difficult is the comparison with σφήν (Solmsen Wortforsch. 129 w. n. 1, Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 176). Other proposal: to σφάκελος referring to the constricted body (Persson Beitr. 1, 396 n. 1 asking); to ψήν `gall-insect', ψῆν `rub' (Hofmann Et. Wb. with Specht Ursprung 45); on the supposed metathesis etc. Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 189 f. On the certainly wrong combination with Lat. vespa a. cogn. (since Pott) s. Curtius 382 a. Bq; thus Georgiev Word 3, 77 ff. Older attempts (w. lit.) in Bq. -- Furnée 393 compares ψήν and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek; the conclusion is certainly right.

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