σᾰνίδ-ιον

σᾰνίδ-ιον [ῐδ], τό, Dim. of σανίς,

A small board or plank, Ar. Pax 202, Hippias (?) in PHib.1.13.30, Men.202, Str.17.1.50.

II tablet, public register,

ἐκ σανιδίου Lys.16.6

, cf. Aeschin.3.200,201, IG12.313.161, 22.1237.124.

III small splint, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.23.74, Gal.18(2).888; foot-prop, Id.10.444.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `board, plank, wooden scaffold etc.', pl. also `tablets used for writing, writing board(s)' (Att.), `planks of a gate, wing of a door' (ep.).

Derivatives: 1. Diminut. σανίδ-ιον n. (Att. etc.), σαν-ίσκη f. `painting' (Herod.); 2. σανίδ-ωμα n. `planking' (LXX, Thphr., Plb. etc.; Chantraine Form. 187); 3. - ώδης `plank-like' (late); 4. - όω `provided with planks', - ωτός (hell. a. late).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Formation like σελίς, δοκίς a. other technical words (Chantraine Form. 337); further unexplained. The formally obcious connection with σαίνω (Solmsen IF 30, 46 f.) depends of a s. v. rejected explanation of σαίνω. A thinkable but quite hypothetic basis *tu̯-n̥-id- [would have to be *tu̯n̥H-id-] might make connection with the family of τύλη, τύλος (s. v.) possible. -- Older proposals in Bq and WP. 1, 709 (rejected).

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