ἐγχελύδιον

ἐγχελύ̱διον, ἐγχελύδιον

neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἐγχελύ̱διον, ἐγχελύδιον

neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἐγχελ-ύδιον [pron. full] [ῡ], τό, Dim. of ἔγχελυς, Amphis 35, Ephipp.15.6.

ἐγχελύ̱δια, ἐγχελύδιον

neut nom /voc /acc pl

ἐγχελύ̱δια, ἐγχελύδιον

neut nom /voc /acc pl

κᾰθάρ-ειος, later [full] καθάριος [θᾰ], ον, ([etym.] καθαρός) of persons,

A cleanly, neat, tidy,

τοὺς καθαρείους περὶ ὄψιν, περὶ ἀμπεχόνην, περὶ ὅλον τὸν βίον Arist.Rh. 1381b1

: - ιώτατόν (v.l. -ειότατόν) ἐστιτὸ ζῷον (i.e. the bee) Id.HA 626a24;

καθάρειοι ταῖς διαίταις D.S.5.33

( καθάριοι codd.); οἱ καθαρειότεροι decent, respectable men, Phld.Rh.2.150S., Hierocl. p.63A. (-ριώτ-, -ρώτ- codd., em. Meineke); of things,

ἐὰν ἡ σκευασία καθάρ<ε>ιος ᾖ Men.Phasm.Fr.2

; καθαριώτερα (or - ειότερα)

ὅπλα Plb. 11.9.5

; τὸ κ., daintiness, of food, Plu.2.663c; κ. ἄρτος white bread, Sammelb. 5730 (iv/v A.D., sg.), PMag.Lond.46.230 (pl.); βίος, δίαιτα καθάρειος, refined, Ath.3.74d, Carm.Aur.35;

εἰς τὰ καθάρεια λιμὸς εἰσοικίζεται Men.841

( καθαρά codd.). Adv. - είως cleanly, tidily,

ἐγχέουσιν X.Cyr.1.3.8

, cf. Posidon.15J., Dsc.1.44; neatly,

κ. εἰργασμένος Ph.Bel.76.27

; clearly,

ὑποδεῖξαι Plb.15.5.5

; also, frugally,

μὴ πολυτελῶς, ἀλλὰ καθαρείως Eub.110.1

, Ephipp.15.3, Nicostr.6.2;

ἔχειν καθαρ<ε>ίως ἐγχελύδιον Amphis35

;

μονοτροφοῦντες καθαρίως καὶ λιτῶς Str.3.3.6

; irreproachably, ἀναστραφεὶς ἀνδρήως καὶ καθαρήως (sic) AJA17.31 (Sardes, i B.C.).

II Gramm. of language, pure, correct, ὄνομα Sch.Ar.Ach. 244; οἱ κ. purists, Archig. ap. Gal.8.578. [- ειος is written in Phld.Rh. l.c. ([comp] Comp.), PSI3.158.50 ([comp] Comp., iii A.D.), Phld.D.3.8, PMag.Lond. l.c., and required by metre in Eub., Nicostr., Carm.Aur., Il.cc.: - ιος never.] - ειότης, later [full] καθᾰριότης, ητος, ἡ, cleanliness, neatness, Hdt.2.37, X.Mem.2.1.22; purity,

διαφέρει ἡ ὄψις ἁφῆς καθαρειότητι Arist.EN 1176a1

, cf. 1177a26;

τοῦ ἀέρος Thphr.Sens.48

; purity of language, Plu.Lyc.21, S.E. M.1.176.

2 scrupulousness, moral integrity, IG4.1 (Aegina, ii B.C.), OGI339.14 (Sestos, ii B.C.).

3 elegance, refinement, τῇ κ. Κυπρίους.. [ὑπερέβαλε] Duris 10J.; opp. περιεργία, Plu.2.693b, cf. 142a, Crass.3; opp. λιτότης, Hierocl. in CA17p.457M.; also, simplicity, frugality,

τῆς διαίτης Plu.2.644c

; economy of movement in a surgeon's hand, ib.67e.

ἔγχελυς, - υος etc.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `eel' (Il.).

Other forms: Att. plur. - εις (to which nom. sg. - λις [Arist.]?). Old ū-stem? Specht KZ 59, 219.

Compounds: ἐγχελυο-τρόφος `nourishing eels' (Arist.), ἐγχελυ-ωπός `with eyes of eels' (Luc.).

Derivatives: Dimin. ἐγχελύδιον (middle comedy), ἐγχελεών, - υών `eel-trap' (Arist.), ἐγχέλειος `of an eel', mostly subst. ntr. (pl.), scil. κρέα, τεμάχη etc. (com.).

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

Etymology: ἔγχελυς recalls other words for eel, Lat. anguilla, Lith. ungurỹs etc., but no IE form can be reconstructed. Acc. to an old interpretation ἔγχελυς is a cross of ἔχις and a word like Lat. anguis (from which anguilla) `snake'. Note further Lesb. ἴμβηρις ἔγχελυς. Μηθυμναῖοι H, beside which you have λέβηρις `skin of a snake. The words are no doubt non-IE. - Pok. 43ff. Thompson Fishes s. v.; also Strömberg Fischnamen 10ff.

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