ἀνηπελίη ἀσθένεια

ἀνηπελίη· ἀσθένεια, Hsch.; cf. εὐηπελίη.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `still unmündig, young, weak, childish, unwise, foolish' (Il.).

Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in νηπιό-φρων `childish being, thoughtless' (Str.).

Derivatives: νηπιέη f. `childishness, childish behaviour, thoughtlessness' (Hom.) with Aeol. - έη for - ίη, prob. after ἠνορέη (Leumann Hom. Wörter 110 A. 72, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 83, Porzig Satzinhalte 206); after it νηπίεος = νήπιος (Opp.); νηπιότης f. `childishness' (Pl., Arist.); νηπιάζω `be childish' (Hp. Ep., Erinn., 1 Ep. Kor. 14, 20 u.a.). -- Expressive enlargements: 1. νηπίαχος `id.' (Il.; Chantraine Form. 403) with - αχεύω `be childish, play childrens plays' (X 502, verse-end; metr. conditioned, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 95 a. 368), - άχω `id.' (A. R., Mosch., Opp.), prob. after στενάχω, ἰάχω; s. also Schwyzer 722f. -- 2. νηπύτιος `id.' (Il., Ar. Nu. 868, Orph.) mit - ίη (A. R.), - ιεύομαι (AP); cf. below.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unexplained. Unconvincing attempts by Osthoff MU 4, 66f. a. 86f. (s. Bq and WP. 2, 13) and Specht KZ 56, 122f.: to ἀνηπελίη ἀσθένεια H., ὀλιγηπελέων (s.v.) etc. (agreeing Fraenkel, e.g. Gnomon 21, 39; doubts by Kretschmer Glotta 20, 253); in νηπ-ύτιος Specht sees a correspondence with the Lith. diminutive suffix - utis (e.g. maž-ùtis `small'). Not better Lacroix Mél. Desrousseaux 261ff.: from ν(ε)- `not' and ἔπιος; Pisani Arch. glottol. it. 31, 49ff.: from ν(ε)- and *ἄπιος (to Lat. apiscor etc.) [Note that Greek has no certain instances of νε-'.

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Grammatical information: adj. (ptc.)

Meaning: `weak, powerless' (Ο 24 a. 245, ε 457), - έουσα (τ 356).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [52] * h₂pel- `strength'

Etymology: From ὀλιγ-ηπελής (AP, Opp.) metr. enlarged (Schwyzer 724, Leumann Hom. Wörter 116 n. 83, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 349). From there ὀλιγηπελ-ίη f. `weakness, impotence' (ε 468). Thus εὑηπελ-ίη f. `strength, thriving' (Call.: εὑηπελής H.), opposite κακηπελ-ίη, - έων (Nic.); also ἀνηπελίη ἀσθένεια H. and νηπελέω = ἀδυνατέω (Hp.). Since Düntzer KZ 13, 17 f. ( ὀλιγ)-ηπελής is derived from a noun *ἄπελος n. `strength' (with comp. lengthening; Schwyzer 447) and connected with Germ., e.g. OWNo. afl, OE afol n. `strength'; here alo El. (Illyr.?) PN Τευτί-απλος, Illyr. PN Mag-aplinus etc. As however the Germ. words on the other hand must be connected with Lat. ops, opus etc., the Gr. ἀ- would be unclear. -- Here still the denominative ἀν-απελάζω in ἀναπελάσας ἀναρρωσθείς H. -- Details w. further lit. in Bechtel Lex. s. v., WP. 1, 176, Pok. 52, W.-Hofmann s. epulum and ops. Cf. also on νήπιος. - This leads to the reconstruction * h₂pel- (with νηπελ-έω \< *n̥-h₂pel-); the connection with Lat. ops may have to be abandoned.

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