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1 γῆ
γῆGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `earth' (Il.)Other forms: Dor. γᾶ, Cypr. ζα (uncertain, s. Lejeune BSL 50 (1954). Ion. plur. γέαι innovation (Schwyzer 473 A. 4, Schwyzer-Debrunner 51, K. Meister HK 172, 253)Dialectal forms: Myc. In the Thebes tablets occurs maka, interpreted as \/Mā Gā\/ `Mother Earth' (e.g. Avrantinos-Godart-Sacconi, Thèbes...Les tablettes, 2001).Compounds: Often as first member γη- ( γα-), mostly γεω- from γη-ο- (late also γε-η- from γη-η-, γε-ο- and γειο- after - γειος \< - γη-ιος): γη-γενής `earthborn' (Ion.-Att.), γή-λοφος (Pl.), γεώ-λοφος (X.) `earthhill', γεωμετρία, - ίη `field-measuring' (Ion.-Att.), γεωργός `peasant' (Ion.-Att.) \< γη(-ο)-Ϝοργός or - Ϝεργός, cf. γαβεργός \<ὁ\> ἀγροῦ μισθωτής. Λάκωνες H. - I think the word goes back on * gaya, which was (very) early contracted to *gā; see Beekes, Pre-Greek under suffix - αι-.Derivatives: Demin. γῄδιον (Ar.); adj. γήϊνος `earthen' (Ion.-Att.), Dor. γάϊνος, γεώδης (Pl.), γεηρός (Hp., cf. s. ἐγγαροῦντες); rare γῄτης (S. Tr. 32) `peasant', cf. γαϊ̃ται γεωργοί H. and Redard Les noms grecs en - της 36; denomin. γεόομαι `become earth' (D. S.)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unknown. Wrong Meier-Brügger, MSS 53 (1992) 113-6 (to *ǵenh₁- `beget'). Prob. to γαῖα, both Pre-Greek words. On possible Δα`Earth' see δᾶ and Δημήτηρ) and Ποσειδᾱ́ων (q.vv.); rather doubtful. For δ-\/γ- cf. γέφυρα\/ δέφυρα and Fur. 388f. I think the word goes back on * gaya, which was (very) early contracted to *gā; see Beekes, Pre-Greek under suffix - αι-. - Cf. also γέγειος.Page in Frisk: 1,303Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > γῆ
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