ὀξῠ-πεινος

ὀξῠ-πεινος, ον,

A ravenously hungry, ravenous, greedy, of the eagle, Arist.HA 619b29 ; of persons, Antiph.276, Eub.10.4 : metaph.,

πρὸς τοὺς λόγους ὀ. Plu.2.512f

, cf. Cic.Att.2.12.2 :—later [suff] ὀξῠ-πείνης, ου, ὁ, of one who eats between meals, Anon. in EN182.9 ; τένθης λέγεται ὁ ὀ. καὶ προτένθης Procl.ad Hes.Op. 522.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `hunger, famine' (ο 407, Pl.).

Other forms: younger πεῖνα (Pl. R. 437d, Arist.)

Compounds: As 2. member in γεω-πείνης `hungry for land, poor in land' (Hdt.) with retained - η-ς (cf. Schwyzer 451; not with Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 101 from πεινῆν); with transition in the ο-stems ὀξύ-πεινος `very hungry' (Arist.), πρόσ-πεινος `hungry' (medic., Act. Ap. 10, 10).

Derivatives: πειν-αλέος `hungry' (com., Plu., AP; after διψαλέος a.o.), - ώδης `id.' (Gal.). -- Beside πείνη, -α stands a verb `to hunger, to be hungry' in πεινά̄ων ptc. (Il.), πεινήμεναι inf. (υ 137), πειν-ῆν, -ῃ̃ς, -ῃ̃ (Ar., Pl.). - ήσω, - ῆσαι, πε-πείνηκα (Hdt., Att.); later πειν-ᾶν, -ᾳ̃, -ά̄σω, - ᾶσαι (LXX); rarely with δια-, ὑπο-, ὑπερ-, ἀνα-. The pair πείνη, -α: πεινῆν is parallel to the close δίψα, -η: διψῆν. Like δίψα to διψῆν could also πείνη be a backformation to πεινῆν; the two sytems may have inflenced each other, which makes a judgement more difficult.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Not certainly explained. Hypothetical comparisons with Lat. paene, pēnūria and with πένομαι in Curtius 271, Prellwitz and Bq; also WP. 2, 8 a. 661, Pok. 988, Hofmann Et. Wb. s.v.; cf. also Georgacas Άφιέρ. Τριανταφυλλίδη 512 f. The explanation of πεινῆν from πενι̯-ᾱσ-ι̯ω to Lat. āreō (Schulze Kl. Schr. 328f.) is to be rejected. Cf. δίψα w. lit. On the formation also Scheller Oxytonierung 39 A. 3 (w. lit.). - Furnée 339, 378 compares ἠ-παν-ᾳ̃\/ εῖ ἀπορεῖ, which is rather doubtful. - πεῖνα may be the older form (De Lamberterie, RPh. LXXIV (2000)280; in that case the short -α may be the Pre-Greek ending.

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