ἄ-γναπτος

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `bend' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. γνάμψαι, vb. adj. γναμπτός

Derivatives: γναμπτήρ `jaw' (Androm. ap. Gal.), cf. γναμφαί s.v. γαμφηλαί; γνάμψις `bending' (EM). Without (dissimilated?) (second) nasal γνάπτει κάμπτει and γναπτός = γναμπτός H.

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

Etymology: It is mostly stated that γνάμπτω was influenced by κάμπτω (cf. κνάμπτω), so that all explanations are uncertain. But γνάμπτω has not the κ- of κάμπτω, nor can the - ν- have been taken from there. Note that γναμπ- cannot have a IE preform (see on γνάθος). But κάμπτω too does not look safely IE. However, a Pre-Greek process giving and `inserted' -ν is not known to me. (Did κν- give γν-?) (The consequences of the remark of N.G. in R.Ph. 70 (1996) =CEG 1 s.v. γνάμπτω; Κλυταιμ(ν)ηστρα?) are unclear to me.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `card, comb, full (cloth)' as thechnical term, also metaph. `mangle, tear' in gen. (IA)

Other forms: rarely κνάμπτω, cf. γνάμπτω and Güntert Reimwortbildungen 115f.), young Att., hell., also Ion. γνάπτω,

Dialectal forms: Myc. kanapeu \/ knapheus\/

Compounds: sometimes with ἀνα-, ἐπι-,

Derivatives: Young Att. γν- for κν- (here not noted): κνάφος m. `teasel of the fuller', also `bur(r), folter-instrument' (Hdt., Hp., Com.) with κναφεύς `fuller' (IA.), also as fish-name (Dorio; on the motive Strömberg Fischnamen 93); κναφεῖον, -ήϊον `fuller's shop' (IA.), κναφευτική ( τέχνη) `art of fulling' (Pl.), κναφεύω `full' (Ar.) and, as late feminine formation, κνάφισσα `fuller-ess' (pap.; Chantraine Formation 110); κναφικός `belonging to fulling' (Dsc., pap.). - γνάψις `fulling' (Pl.), γνάπτωρ = κναφεύς (Man.). - γνάφαλλον `flocken, cushion of wool' (pap. a. ostr.) with γναφαλ(λ)ώδης `γ.-like', γναφάλλιον, - αλλίς plant-name, `Diotis maritima' (Dsc., Plin.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 105); also κνέφαλλον `cushion' (com., E.; vv. ll. κναφ-, γναφ-) and γνόφαλλον (Alc. Ζ 14, 8; beside μόλθακον). - Verbal adj.: ἄ-γναπτος (Pl. com., Plu.) and ἄ-γναφος (NT, pap.) `unfulled, new', ἐπί-γναφος (: ἐπι-γνάπτω) `fulled again', of clothes (Poll.).

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

Etymology: Cf. κναίω, κνῆν, κνίζω, κνύω (s. vv.) with ending as in ῥάπτω, σκάπτω, ἅπτω etc.; κνάφος as ῥαφή etc. The forms with γν- cannot be explained as Greek, so they point to Pre-Greek; cf. Schwyzer 414 (who unconvincingly takes κνάπτω as assimilated from γνάπτω. Note the typical ο for α in γνόφαλλον bei Alc. ( κνέφαλλον cannot be old ablaut (cf. Persson Beitr. 1, 139f., Schwyzer 343). - As non-Greek cognate one cites a Celtic word for `fleece', e. g. Welsh cnaif (s. Vendryes WuS 12, 243); other forms in Germanic and Baltic are semantically further off, e. g. OWNo. * hnafa, pret. hnof `cut off' (with gemination hneppa `pinch, press'), Lith. knabénti `pick in, off', s. Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. knablỹs. The variation κ\/γ, α\/ο shows quite clearly Pre-Greek origin. (Not in Fur.) S. further κνήφη and κνώψ.

See also: S. noch κνήφη und κνώψ.

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