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1 ἄν
ἄνGrammatical information: pcleMeaning: very differing uses (Ion.-Att., Arc.)Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Identified with the questioning particle Lat. an, Goth. an; denied by Lee, AmJPh. 88, 1967, 45ff. See DELG. From *ken\/kn̥, *οὐ καν giving οὐκ αν, Forbes, Glotta 37, 1958, 179-182.Page in Frisk: 1,100Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἄν
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2 ἄνθρωπος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `man' (Il.);Dialectal forms: Myc. atoroqo \/anthrōkʷos\/.Derivatives: Many der.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: No etym. Survey in Seiler Glotta 32, 225ff. and Frisk. ἄνθρωπος resembles Hitt. antuḫšaš `man' (Kretschmer Glotta 9, 231f.; W. Petersen AmJPh 56, 59f.). Improbable Ruijgh, Lingua 25 (1970) 312; Szemerényi, Gnomon 43 (1971) 655f.; vW. - As no IE explanation has been found, the word will be a substr. word. Myc. - oq- does not prove IE origin, as the substr. language had labio-velars ( βασιλεύς). Kuiper gave a substr. interpretation on the basis of δρώψ, FS Kretschmer, 1, 211f; Lingua 21 (1968) 275f.; defended by Beekes, Glotta 73 (1995\/6) 13-15.Page in Frisk: 1,110-111Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἄνθρωπος
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3 βάγος
Grammatical information: m.?Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Probably contamination of Ϝάγος ( ἄγνυμι) and ἀγός (Latte). Pisani KZ 67, 111 thinks βασιλεύς = OPers. baga- `lord, god' (cf. the people's name Βαγαδάονες Kretschmer Glotta 18, 232) but see Petersen AmJPh 56, 64ff. Also Belardi Doxa 3, 197.Page in Frisk: 1,207Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βάγος
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4 βυκάνη
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `trumpet, horn' (Plb.).Derivatives: βυκανάω `blow the horn' (Plb.), βυκανητής (Plb.); βυκανίζω (Eust.) βυκανιστής (Plb.), βυκανισμός (Nicom.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Lat.Etymology: From Lat. būcina; for the suffix cf. māchina: μηχανή (Niedermann IF 37, 147f. against Cuny Mél. Saussure 108ff. (from unweakened * būcana). Incorrect Haupt AmJPh 47, 310, cf. Wahrmann Glotta 17, 255. - More exact rendering βου-; direct from Latin βουκινάτωρ (Lyd.) = būcinātor; hybrid form βουκινίζω (S. E.). - S. also βουκονιστήριον.Page in Frisk: 1,276Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βυκάνη
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5 γέρων
γέρων, - οντοςGrammatical information: m.Derivatives: γερούσιος `concerning the elders' (Il.), γερουσία `council of the elders' (in Sparta, Carthago etc., D.), γερουσίας `member of the γ.' (Sparta), γερουσιαστής `id.' (Plb.; Chantraine 316ff.), γερουσιακός. - Demin. γερόντιον (Ar.), γερόντειος (Ar.) etc. Denom. γεροντεύω `be senator' (Sparta), with γεροντεία (Ephesos). γεροντιάω `get older' (D. L.). - Beside γέρων, γέροντ- there are a few formation with γερυ-: γέρυς and γερύτας γέρων H., (cf. πρέσβυς und πρεσβύτας). PN Γερύλος, Γέρυλλος, Γερυς, - υδος hypocoristic? (Bechtel Namenstudien 15). - Of the forms with - οι- γεροίταν πάππον. Κρῆτες H. is inverted writing for γερύταν; γεροῖα n. pl. `old stories' (Corinn.), if correct, perhaps after the adj. in - οῖος (s. Bechtel Dial. 1, 304). - Unclear is (cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 33 n. 2) γερωνία (H.), s. Latte. - γερωχία (Ar. Lys. 980) is perhaps graphic for Lak. γερω`ία (v. Fritz AmJPh 66, 196f.; but s. Wackernagel Unt. 208 n. 2; also Schwyzer 218 n. 1). - γεράτης of a horse, `old' (P.Oxy 6, 922; DELG refers to γερατία not in LSJ).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [390] *ǵerh₂- `be, become old'Etymology: Identical with Skt. járant-, Osset. zärond `old (man)'. In the RV. still ptc. to járati `make, become old' (beside jū́ryati, jī́ryati `become old'). - Cf. further Arm. cer, -oy `old man' (o-stem), NPers. zar `id.' - On the word for `corn', Lat. grānum etc., s. γίγαρτον. - Cf. γέρας, γῆρας, γραῦς.Page in Frisk: 1,301-302Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > γέρων
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6 γλῶσσα
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `tongue, language' (Il.), `rare, dialectal word' (Arist.).Compounds: γλώσσ-αργος `garrulous' (Pi.), from γλώσσ-αλγος `id.'; from here στόμαργος, s. Strömberg Wortstudien 31; diff. (to ἀργός `quick') Willis AmJPh 63, 87ff.Derivatives: γλωσσάριον (Dsc., pap.), γλωσσίδιον (Zen.); γλώσσημα `point of an arrow' (A.) retains the original meaning; s. Chantr. Form. 186), also `rare word' (Quint.), γλωσσηματικός (D. H.); γλωσσώδης `talkative' (LXX), γλωσσός `id.' (Hdn.); γλωσσίς `inflammation of the tongue' (Hippiatr.). - γλωττίς `end of a pipe, glottis' (Hero), also a bird (Arist., s. Thompson Birds s. v.); γλωττικός (Arist.); denom. γλωττίζω `kiss with the tongue', γλωττισμός (AP).Origin: see γλῶχ-εςEtymology: Prop. "with point", ια-derivation from γλῶχ-ες, q.v. Ion. γλάσσα prob. from a paradigm *γλωχ-, *γλαχ- which is explained as nom. *glōgʰ-s, gen. *gl̥gʰ-ós. (Beekes, Devel. 246. - The old word for `tongue' was *dn̥ǵʰuH- (Lat. lingua), Pok. 223).Page in Frisk: 1,315-316Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > γλῶσσα
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7 δάσκιλλος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: an unknown fish (Arist. HA 591 a 14: τέρπεται τῳ̃ βορβόρῳ καὶ κόπρῳ).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Page in Frisk: 1,350Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > δάσκιλλος
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8 δνόφος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `darkness' (Simon.).Other forms: Hell. has γνόφος etc. (s. v.) with δν \> γν (Schwyzer 208, Niedermann WuS 8, 64 n. 1; Bq. s. v.; Lejeune Traité de phonétique 68 n. 1).Compounds: Comp. δνοφο-είμων `in dark clothes' (Attica IIp).Derivatives: δνοφερός `dark' (Il.), also δνόφεος (B.), δνοφόεις (Emp.), δνοφώδης (E.), cf. Schmid -εος und -ειος 48.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: A form *δνέφος n. is supposed by ἰο-δνεφής `violet-dark' (δ 135, ι 426; vgl. Porzig Satzinhalte 300); further isolated. The word recalls ζόφος as well as κνέφας and ψέφας (s. vv.), but the words have not been explained, s. Güntert Reimwortbildungen 112ff. Also Petersen AmJPh 56, 57ff. Note δνόψ χιτῶνος εἶδος βαθέος H. Again the group δν- seems Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,403Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > δνόφος
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9 δροίτη
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `bathtub' (A.), also `cradle' (Alex. Aet.), `coffin' (Parth.), name of a dance (H.; s. Lawler AmJPh 71, 70ff.). Cf. δοῖτρον πύελον, σκάφην H., from *δροῖτρο?Derivatives: None.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unexplained. After Holthausen IF 17, 294 and Lidén 18, 414 from *δροϜ-ιτα (but there is no suffix - ιτα, Fur. 238 n. 45, except a Pre-Greek one). One compares also OE trīg, NEng. tray `flat trough, dish' from PGm. *trau-i̯a-, IE *drou-i̯o-; both from the word for `wood' (s. δόρυ, δρῦς); cf. Skt. dró-ṇam `trough'. The younger form δρύτη has been explained from the pronunciation υ for οι and from association with δρῦς (or Pre-Greek?). See also Wackernagel Unt. 187 n. 1; Lasso de la Vega Emerita 23, 109ff.: to δρύεται. - From δροίτη prob. Lat. dureta `wooden bathtub' (Schwyzer KZ 62, 199ff.).Page in Frisk: 1,418-419Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > δροίτη
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10 ἐπίορκος
ἐπίορκος, - ονOrigin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: As the verb ἐπιορκέω `braek an oath' is frwquent, it is obvious, to consider with Strömberg Prefix Studies 86ff. much rarer ἐπίορκος `braeking the oath' as a backformation from the verb. ἐπιορκέω comes directly from ὅρκος with ἐπι- like ἐπιθυμέω from θυμός, ἐπιχειρέω from χείρ etc.; ἐπιορκέω then is prop. `acte against the oeath' (opposie εὑορκέω `keep the oath' from εὔορκος [since Hes.]); on the maintenance of the - ι- Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 237. - Diff. Leumann Hom. Wörter 79ff. (with discussion): the expression ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσαι `perjure oneself' (from where ἐπιορκέω) would be due to a false analysis of ep. ἐπὶ ὅρκον ὀμόσσαι `make an oathe on it'; against this view W. Luther Weltansicht und Geistesleben (Göttingen 1954) 86ff. with another explanation; s. alsi Fraenkel Gnomon 23, 373 and Bolling AmJPh 76, 306ff., who with Schwyzer IF 45, 255 start from (ὁ) ἐπὶ ὅρκῳ ( βάς). Leumann 88 too is inclined to see ἐπίορκος as a backformation from ἐπιορκέω.See also: s. ὅρκοςPage in Frisk: 1,538-539Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἐπίορκος
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11 ἔτης
ἔτης m.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `clansman' (Hom., only plur.), `citizen, private' (El., Dor., also A. and E.); on the meaning DELG.Compounds: noneOrigin: IE [Indo-European] [882] *su̯e-t- `own...'Etymology: Beside Ϝέτᾱς Slavic has a word for `relative married in, who gains a bride', e. g. ORuss. svatъ, IE *su̯ōtos; in Baltic a word for `guest', Lith. svẽčas, IE *su̯eti̯os; from the reflexive *su̯e, Gr. Ϝ(h)ε (s. ἕ) with t-suffix, IE *su̯e-t-; on the Greek anlaut with psilosis and loss of the digamma cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 125, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 150 and 185. So prop. "own", i. e. `belonging to the (own) clan, private; in the last sense cf. ἑ-κάς `far', prop. `for himself' (thus also Lith. svẽčias because of svẽtimas, Latv. sweschs `foreign'?; Schulze KZ 40, 417 = Kl. Schr. 73). - On the formation of ἔτης s. Schwyzer 500, Chantraine Formation 312 and Bechtel Lex.; further Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. svát. Wrong Fay AmJPh 28, 413f.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 1, 378. - S. also ἑταῖρος and ἴδιος.Page in Frisk: 1,581-582Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἔτης
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12 ζόφος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `dark(ness), West' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in ζοφο-ειδής `dark-coloured' (Hp.).Derivatives: ζοφερός `dark' (Hes., Hp., Arist.), ζοφώδης `id.' (Hp., Arist.), also ζόφιος (AP), ζόφεος (v. l. Nic. Al. 501). Denomin. verb ζοφόομαι, - όω `get, make dark' (AP, Hld.) with ζόφωσις (Sch.). Cf ζέφυρος (s. v.); cf. on δνόφος etc, s. also γνόφος.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Improbable hypotheses from Vendryes REGr. 23, 74, Petersen AmJPh. 56, 59. There is no IE etymology. One often connects (DELG) ζέφυρος, which seems possible but which is not certain; one also compares δνόφος.Page in Frisk: 1,614Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ζόφος
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13 ἴκρια
Grammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: `half-deck' (Hom., B.), `platform, stage, benches' (Hdt., Com., inscr. etc., cf. Beare ClassRev. 53, 54f.); sg. `mast' (Eust. 1533, 31 [?]).Other forms: prob. ῑ-; Ar. Th. 395, Cratin. 323)Compounds: compp. ἰκριο-ποιέω `build a platform' (hell. inscr.), ἐπ-ίκριον n. `yard-arm' (ε 254, 318, A. R.), prop hypostasis: `what is on the ἴκρια'; as adj. Nic. Th. 198?Derivatives: Denomin. verb ἰκριόω `provide with ἴκρια, construct a platform' (Att. inscr., D. C.) with ἰκρίωμα `support, stay-beams' and ἰκριωτῆρες pl. `(standing) uprights, flooring of a deck' (Att. inscr.; often written hικ-).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Technical term without etymology, cf. Chantr. Étrennes Benveniste 8, Hermann Gött. Nachr. 1f. Hypothesis of Bezzenberger BB 27, 162 (to Russ. ikrá `calf (of the leg)'; s. Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. v.); not better Gray AmJPh 53, 67ff. (to OP yakā kind of wood; on the meaning Kent Old Persian [1950] 204); R. Martin, Rev. Ph. 1957, 72-81Page in Frisk: 1,718Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἴκρια
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14 καθαπτή
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: vase ( PSI 4, 420, 26; IIIa).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: A vase, called after the strap through its handles (Bonner AmJPh 62, 453ff.); καθαπτός as adj. `connected with' (E. Fr. 752).Page in Frisk: 1,752Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > καθαπτή
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15 καυσία
Grammatical information: f.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: - Unexplained. Suggestion by Sapir AmJPh 60, 464. DELG connects καίω (?). Fur. 119 refers to γαύσαπος and γαυσάπης; also Lat. gloss on gausape. Quite unclear.Page in Frisk: 1,803Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > καυσία
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16 κνέφας
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `evening dusk, dark, morning twilight' (Il., X.); on the inflection Schwyzer 514f.; second. nom. acc. κνέφος (H., Suid., Phot.; from κνέφους, - ει?).Derivatives: κνεφαῖος `of the dusk, dark' (trag., com., Hippon.); κνεφάζω `get dark' (A. Ag. 131 [lyr.]).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Several hypotheses, all problematic. Often connected with the Indo-Iran. word for `night', Skt. kṣap-, Av. xšap- with Hitt. išpant- `id'), e.g. Petersen AmJPh 56, 57 (cross of *ξέπας or *κτέπας and νέφος). Others compared Lat. creper `dusk', crepusculum `id.' assuming Sabinic (evt. Etruscan) development. Not better Meillet BSL 23, 259f., Studia Indo-iranica for W. Geiger 234ff. and Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 210f. - Rhyming is ψέφας, s. v.; cf. also δνόφος. The varying anlaut through taboo, Specht Ursprung 11. See Pok. 649), W.-Hofmann s. creper. The word is no doubt Pre-Greek, but the variation is not known from elsewhere.Page in Frisk: 1,882Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κνέφας
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17 κύκνος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `swan' (Il.), also name of a ship, after the front-part (Nicostr. Com.), and an eye- salve, after the colour (Gal.; with κυκνάριον `id.', Ät., Gal.); also PN (Pi.).Derivatives: κύκνειος `belonging to Kyknos or the\/a swan' (Pi., S., hell.), f. - ῖτις (S., Redard Les noms grecs en - της 112); κυκνίας m. mame of a white eagle (Paus.; cf. κορακίας a.o., Chantraine Formation 94)Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [597] *ḱeuk- `lighten, be white'Etymology: Amply on κύκνος Thompson Birds s. v.; there also doubts on κυκνίας. Since Wood AmJPh 21, 179 as "the white one" (cf. on ἀλφός) connected with Skt. śócati `lighten, glow', šuk-rá- `light, hell, white'. (W.-)Hofmann s. cicōnia is rather (with Berneker and H. Petersson) inclined to assume an onomatopoet. origin (cf. Russ. kykъ `cry of a swan'). In κύδνος κύκνος H., after Specht Ursprung 121, 204, 229 old variation k: d, we have rather a hypercorrect writing after Lat. cycnus, cygnus (C-) = κύκνος, but also for Κύδνος (Schulze Kl. Schr. 700; cf. Schwyzer 208).Page in Frisk: 2,45-46Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κύκνος
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18 λεία
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `spoils, esp. of plundered cattle, of war, of hunting', also `cattle, herd' (cf. Edgerton AmJPh 46, 177f.).Other forms: (Att.), Ion. ληΐη, Dor. (Pi. O. 10, 44) λᾳα f.; besides ληΐς (Dor. λαΐς), - ίδος f. (Il.)Compounds: Compp., e. g. λε-ηλατέω `drive away loot, esp. cattle' (Hdt., S., E., X.; after βο-, ἱππ-ηλατέω etc. from βο-, ἱππ-ηλά-της) with λεηλασ-ία, - ίη (X., A. R.), - άτησις (Aen. Tact.); ἀγε-λείη f. surn. of Athena `who drives on loot, provides' (Il.).Derivatives: ληϊάς f. `the seized, captured' (Υ 193, A. R.); ληϊ̃τις f. ' ἀγελείη' (K 460; after the nom. in - ῖτις), 'ληϊάς' (A. R., Lyc.); ληΐδιος `belonging to the loot, captured' (AP, APl.). Denominat. verb ληΐζομαι, λεΐζομαι `make spoils, plunder' (Il.) with several nouns: 1. ληϊστός, λεϊστός `to be caried off as booty' (I 406, 408; Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1, 14); 2. ληϊστύς f. `making booty, plundering `(Hdt. 5, 6; Porzig Satzinhalte 182); 3. *ληισμός in λῃ(ι)σμαδία αἰχμάλωτος, λεληισμένη H. - 4. ληϊστήρ, λῃστήρ m. `plunderer, pirate', f. λῄστειρα (Ael.), λῃστρίς (D., Herod.), with λῃστρικός `plundering' (IA.; cf. λῃστ-ικός below), λῃστή-ριον, Dor. λᾳσ- `gang of robbers,...nest, robbery' (Att., Cret.), λᾳστήριοι pl. `pirate' (hell. poetry); 5. ληΐστωρ, λῄσ- `id.' (ο 427); 6. ληϊστής, λῃσ-, λᾳσ- `id.' (IA.) with λῃστικός (often interchanged with λῃστρικός), λῃστεύω `rob, plunder' with λῃστεία `robbery' (Att.). Attempt to distinguish ληΐστωρ from ληϊστήρ, λῃστεία from ληϊστύς semantically by Benveniste Noms d'agent 30, 37, 69.Etymology: The abstract λεία, ληΐη from *λᾱϜ-ία and the ιδ-derivation ληΐς from *λᾱϜ-ίδ- which stands beside it (not with Bechtel Lex. 215 after Fraenkel old ī-stem because of ληϊ̃τις, s. v.) can go back either on a noun *λᾱϜ(-ο)- v. t. or directly on a verb, which with zero-grade is supposed in ἀπο-λαύω; s. v., and Pok. 655. S. further λᾱρός and λήϊον.Page in Frisk: 2,96Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > λεία
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19 λωφάω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `recover, take rest, give over', also trans. (poet.) `lighten, relieve' (Pl. Phdr. 251 c); on the meaning Fowler AmJPh 78, 176 a. 179.Other forms: - έω (hell.); aor. λωφῆσαι (ι 459), fut. λωφήσω (Φ 292 etc.), perf. λελώφηκα (Th., Pl.).Compounds: rarely with prefix, e.g. κατα-.Derivatives: λώφησις `cessation' (Th.), λῶφαρ λώφημα H., λωφήϊος `relieving, expiatory' (A. R. 2, 485). For the form cf. πωτάομαι, νωμάω, στρωφάω usw., so prob. deverbat. (Schwyzer 719).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unknown. Connection with ἐλαφρός, ἐλαχύς etc. (Bq), is impossible. Better is the comparison with Germ., e.g. OHG labōn ' laben, refresh' (Bezzenberger BB 5, 318), for which however a loan from Lat. lavāre `wash' is considered (WP. 2, 442 f., W.-Hofmann s. lavō). Not with Schwyzer 719 n. 4: to IE * sleubh- `hang down' (Pok. 964).Page in Frisk: 2,154Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > λωφάω
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20 μάσσω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `knead (dough), press a plastic material in a form, strike, wipe off, pull, represent' (τ 92).Other forms: Att. μάττω, - ομαι, aor. μάξαι, - σθαι, pass. μαγῆναι, μαχθῆναι, perf. midd. μέμαγμαι, act. μέμαχα (Ar.).Derivatives: Many derivv. 1. ἐκμαγεῖον ( μαγεῖον Longin.) `mass, in which prints are made, offprint, mould, towel, serviette' (IA.). 2. μαγίς, - ίδος f. `kneaded mass, cake, kneading trough, dresser' (Hp., Com, S.). 3. μάγμα n. `kneaded mass, thick salve, smear' (pap., Plin.), ἔκ-, ἀπό-μαγμα `offprint, duster, wiped off dirt' (Hp., S., Thphr.), μαγμον τὸ καθάρσιον H. 4. ἔκ-, ἀνά-μαξις `wiping off' (Arist.). -- 5. μαγεύς m. `kneeader, baker, who wipes off' (Poll., AP, H.), prob. directly from verb (after Boßhardt 81 from *μαγή). 6. μακτήρ ἡ κάρδοπος, ἡ πυελίς. καὶ διφθέρα. καὶ ὀρχήσεως σχῆμα H. (on the dance name Lawler AmJPh 71, 70ff.); ( ἀπο-, κατα-)μάκτης `kneader, who wipes off' ( Com. Adesp., H.), f., ἀπομάκτρια (Poll.). 7. μάκτρα f. `baking trough' (Com., X.), `trough, bathing tub, sarcophagus' (hell.; wr. μάκρα, Schwyzer 337); ( ἔκ-, ἀπό-)-μάκτρον `offprint, towel etc.' (E., Ar.). 8. μακτήριον = μάκτρα (Plu.). 9. μακτρισμός name of a dance (Ath.; after κορδακισμός; cf. on μακτήρ above) with - ίστρια name of a danceress (ebd.). -- 10. ἀπομαγδαλιά (Ar., Plu., Gal.), μαγδαλιά (Gal.; - έα Hippiatr.) `bread crumb for handwashing'; like ἁρμαλιά, φυταλιά etc. (Scheller Oxytonierung 90), but with unexplained δ (after *ἀπομάγδην?). -- 11. With auslaut. κ: μακαρία βρῶμα ἐκ ζωμοῦ καὶ ἀλφίτων H. -- On μᾶζα s. v.Etymology: For comparison we have words with final g, IE *maǵ-, esp. in Germanic and Baltoslavic, e.g. NHG machen, OS makōn `make, erect, build', if prop. `knead, form', OCS mažǫ, mazati `smear, salve'; further Celt., e.g. Bret. meza `knead'; uncertain Arm. macanim, macnum `stick fast, congeal'. On the other hand we find a final k with nasal, IE * menk-, in Lith. mìnkau, mánkau, - yti `knead a weak masse', OCS mǫka, Russ. muká `flour' and many other Baltoslavic words; from Germ. one might consider NHG mengen, OE mengan etc., if prop. `knead together'; from Skt. macate `crush etc.' (Dhātup.). Further there are a few longvowel words without nasal: Latv. màcu, màkt `press, plague' and Lat. māceria `wall)kneaded from loam'. -- Of the Greek word only the isolated μακαρία has a clear tenuis, as μάσσω (first from *μακ-ι̯ω) can be explained as a deviation. As however also μαγῆναι as well as the nominal γ-forms can be so explained (cf. Schwyzer 760), one can explain Greek if necessary with IE * menk. A suppletive system * menk (: μακαρία, μάσσω): maǵ-(: μαγῆναι) is conceivable -- WP. 2, 224, 226f., 268, Pok. 696f., 698, 730f., W.-Hofmann s. māceria, Fraenkel s. mìnkyti u. mė́šlas, Vasmer s. mázatь, muká, mjágkij; s. also Bq. - One retains some doubts however; note among other things the form - μαγδαλιά; further the supposed interchange * menk-: *meh₂ǵ- arouses suspicion.Page in Frisk: 2,180-181Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μάσσω
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