ὄγκη μέγεθος

ὄγκη· γωνία, μέγεθος, Hsch.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `mass, burden, weight; distinction, pride, pomposity', also as notion of style (IA.); but see at the end.

Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. ὑπέρ-ογκος `excessively large, exaggerated, haughty' (Pl., X.), rarely as 1. member, e.g. ὀγκό-φωνος `with a hollow and pompous tone' (of a trumpet; sch.).

Derivatives: 1. Adj. ὀγκ-ηρός `bulky, extensive', mostly metaph. `pompous' (Hp., X., Arist.); - ώδης `bulky, bombastic' (Pl., X., Arist.); ὀγκύλον σεμνόν, γαῦρον H. with ( δι-)ὀγκύλλομαι, - υλόομαι `to be swollen, to be puffed up' (Hp., Ar.); comp. ὀγκότερος `bulky' (Arist.), sup. - τατος (AP); on the formation Schwyzer 536. 2. Verb ὀγκόο-μαι, - όω, also w. prefix, e.g. δια-, ἐξ- `to become a mass, resp. to bring something off, to tower (above), to puff oneself up' (ion. att.) with ( δι-, ἐξ-)ὄγκωσις `bulge, swelling' (Arist., medic.), ( ἐξ-)ὄγκωμα `bulge, swelling, towering (above), heap' (Hp., E.). -- From H.: ὀγκίαι θημῶνες, χώματα; ὄγκη μέγεθος (cf. to 1. ὄγκος).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Prop. "what is carried, load, burden" as verbal noun with ο-ablaut of the root seen in the reduplicated aorist ἐνεγκεῖν; s. v. (supposed to be * h₁enk-). - Jouanna ( CRAI 1985, 31-60) holds that the meaning `burden' is not attested and that there is only one word `gonflement' from `curvature' (* h₂onk-).

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