ἐντιμότερον ποιεῖν

ὄμφορα· ὅσα ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν ἐκφέρεσθαι ὁ νόμος κωλύει, Hsch. [full] ὀμφύνειν· αὔξειν, σεμνύνειν, ἐντιμότερον ποιεῖν, Id., cf. Phot. (Cf. ὤμφυναν.) [full] ὁμῶλαξ, ᾰκος, ὁ, ἡ, [dialect] Dor. for ὁμαῦλαξ (q.v.).

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `food, corn', pl. `cake of flour and honey, honeycombs' (Call., Nic., H., EM).

Other forms: Also ὄμπη.

Derivatives: ὄμπν(ε)ιος `belonging to corn, high in nourishment, fruitful' (S. Fr. 246, hell. poet.), f. Ὄμπνια surname of Demeter (Call., Nonn.; after πότνια); ὀμπνειόχειρ πλουσιόχειρ, πλούσιος H.; ὀμπνιακός `id.' (AP); ὀμπνηρὸν ὕδωρ τρόφιμον H.

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

Etymology: Since long (Curtius) conneceted with Skt. ápnas n. `produce, property, possession', OWNo. efni n. (PGm. *afnii̯a-, IE *ópnii̯o-m n.) `material, goods for smth.' (with efna, OE æfnan `carry out, work'); the inner nasal through anticipation of the suffix? (cf. E. Kretschmer Festschr. Kretschmer 118); from there through dissim. ὄμπη(?) Here perh. also Hitt. ḫappin-ant-'rich, - eš- `get rich', -aḫḫ- `make rich' (Laroche Rev. hitt. et as. 11, 41 f.). -- On further connection with Lat. ops, opus etc. s. W.-Hofmann s. vv. and s. omnis, WP. 1, 175 f., Pok. 780. Unclear ὀμφύνειν αὔξειν, σεμνύνειν, ἐντιμότερον ποιεῖν H. (Not here ἄφενος.) - Acc. to Furnée 161 ὀμφὺνειν points to a form ὀμφυ-, which shows that the word is Pre-Greek.

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