babyl

συμβάλλω, [tense] fut. - βᾰλῶ: [tense] aor. - έβᾰλον, inf. - βᾰλεῖν: [tense] pf. - βέβληκα: [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Pass. - εβλήθην:—of these tenses Hom. uses only [tense] pres. [voice] Act., [tense] aor. [voice] Act. and [voice] Med., but most commonly [dialect] Ep. intr. [tense] aor. forms συμβλήτην, -βλήμεναι, [voice] Med. σύμβλητο, -βληντο, -βλήμενος, subj. [ per.] 2sg. - βλήεαι prob. cj. for - βλήσεαι in Il.20.335, [ per.] 3sg. [var] contr.

A

- βληται Od.7.204

:—throw together, dash together, σύν ῥ' ἔβαλον ῥινούς, of men in close combat, Il.4.447, 8.61;

ἀσπίδας E.Ph. 1405

, Ar. Pax 1274 (hex.), X.HG4.3.19, etc.; bring together, unite, e.g. of rivers that fall into one another,

ἐς μισγάγκειαν συμβάλλετον ὄβριμον ὕδωρ Il.4.453

;

ῥοὰς Σιμόεις συμβάλλετον ἠδὲ Σκάμανδρος 5.774

:— [voice] Med.,

πολλοὶ ποταμοὶ σ. τὸ σφέτερον ὕδωρ Hdt.4.50

(cf. δάκρυα δάκρυσι ς. E.Or. 336 (lyr., [voice] Act.)); ὁ Ἀκεσίνης τῷ Ἰνδῷ τὸ ὕδωρ ς. Arr.An.6.1.5; σ. τὰ ὦτα πρὸς τὴν γῆν have their ears reaching to.., Arist.HA 606a15:—[voice] Pass., κατὰ τὰς ῥᾶγας συμβεβλημένων [τῶν δακτύλων] Sor. 2.60.

2 collect, X.Cyr.2.1.5; store up, accumulate,

κριθὰς ἵπποις συμβεβλημένας πολλάς Id.An.3.4.31

.

3 jumble up together,

διαφέροντα σ. εἰς ταὐτόν Pl.Plt. 285a

.

4 intr. in [voice] Act., fit (cf.

σύμβολον 1.1

), Arist.EE 1239b14; to be suitable,

τὰ χεδροπὰ σ. εἰς τὰς νέας Thphr.CP3.20.7

(unless = sow, set).

b to be profitable,

σ. τῷ πολιτικῷ.. δικαίῳ εἶναι Phld.Rh.2.285

S.;

σ. ἀναμένειν ἡμέραν μίαν Gal.16.496

.

5 intr., come together, ἔνθα δίστομοι.. σ. ὁδοί where two roads join, S.OC 901, cf. Str.6.3.7; τὰ συμβάλλοντα the watersmeet, IG9(2) p.xi (Delph., iii/ii B.C.); [

φλὲψ] σ. τῇ ἀποσχίσει Arist.HA 514a12

; collide,

τοὺς τύπους ἀνάγκη συμβάλλειν ἑαυτοῖς Thphr.Sens.52

: Geom., meet, τὸ σημεῖον, καθ' ὃ συμβάλλουσιν the point in which (the straight lines) meet, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.23, etc.

6 βλέφαρα σ. ὕπνῳ close the eyes in sleep, A.Ag.15; σ. ὄμμα, in death, ib. 1294 (but ποῖον ὄμμα συμβαλῶ; how shall I meet her eyes with mine? E.IA 455).

7 generally, join, unite, σ. σχοινία twist ropes (cf. συμβολεύς), Ar. Pax 37; so

τοπεῖα IG22.1672.311

(iv B.C.);

ὠμόλινον σ. πεντάπλουν Hp.Fist.4

;

στέφανον Philostr.Her.Prooem.

; [

αἱ φλέβες] σ. [τὸ σῶμα] εἰς ἕν Arist.PA 668b24

; fit together,

ἁρμούς IG7.4255.23

(Oropus, iv B.C.); σ. καὶ κολλῆσαι ib. 22.1668.73 (iv B.C.);

κεραῖαι συμβεβλημέναι PCair.Zen.566.10

(iii B.C.); δεξιὰς σ. ἀλλήλοισι join hands, E.IA58.

8 σ. συμβόλαιά τινι or πρός τινα make a contract with a person, esp. lend him money on bond, D. 34.1, Pl.R. 425c, cf. Th.5.77 ([voice] Med.); συμβόλαιον εἰς τἀνδράποδα συμβεβλημένον money lent on the security of the slaves, D.27.27: abs., in same sense, Isoc.21.13; make a contract, Pl.Alc.1.125d, OGI669.21 (Egypt, i A.D.), Cod.Just.1.3.55.4; of a marriage contract, Mitteis Chr.372 vi 22, cf. 8 (ii A.D.); advance, lend,

πέρα μεδίμνου κριθῶν Is.10.10

; ἱμάτια, χρυσία, etc., Ar.Ec. 446; ἐπί τισι on certain terms, D.H.6.29;

σ. δανεισμῷ Pl.Lg. 921d

; ὁ συμβαλών the lender, creditor, D.56.2, cf. D.H.5.63 (but οἱ συμβ. the borrowers, debtors, Id.4.9):— [voice] Med., with [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., pay a share, contribute, ὁλκάδα οἱ συμβαλέεσθαι give him a merchant-vessel, Hdt.3.135, cf. Lys.32.24, X.Ages. 2.27; σ. χρήματά τινι εἰς τροφὴν τῶν στρατιωτῶν advance it, Id.An. 1.1.9, cf. IG7.2418 (Thebes, iv B.C.);

τριήρεις εἰς κίνδυνον Isoc.4.98

;

ἐφόδιον PSI4.407.12

(iii B.C.).

9 generally, contribute:— [voice] Pass.,

συμβάλλεταί τις.. μερίς Alex.149.4

:—in this sense mostly in [voice] Med., τέμενος συμβάλλεσθαι add thereto, Pi.I.1.59;

ἡ τύχη οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ξυμβάλλεται ἐς τὸ ἐπαίρειν Th.3.45

, cf. Hp.Aër.2, Sosip.1.37, Damox.2.11; τὸ μὴ ἀγανακτεῖν.. ἄλλα τέ μοι πολλὰ συμβάλλεται, καὶ.. many circumstances contribute to my feeling no vexation, and especially.., Pl.Ap. 36a;

σ. βοήθειαν οὐ σμικρὰν πρός τι Id.Lg. 836b

; τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν τῇ πόλει ς. Isoc.Ep.8.6;

οὐ δεῖ λογίζεσθαι, πότερος πλείω συμβέβληται X.Oec.7.13

; freq. with μέρος as obj., ἔργων οὐκ ἐλάχιστον μέρος ς. And.1.143;

μέρος σ. πρὸς ἀρετήν Pl.Lg. 836d

, cf. R. 331b, D.41.11;

οὐκ ἐλάχιστον μέρος πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν Isoc.7.79

;

συμβαλλέσθω τὸ μέρος ἕκαστος εἰς τὸ ἀνάλωμα PHal.1.108

, cf. 113 (iii B.C.);

τὴν μεγίστην εἰς αὐτὰ μοῖραν Pl.Ti. 47c

, cf. X.Cyr.6.1.28: also abs., οὔτε ποταμὸς οὔτε κρήνη οὐδεμία ἐσδιδοῦσα ἐς πλῆθός οἱ συμβάλλεται contributes to its volume, Hdt.4.50;

σ. πρὸς τὸ λανθάνειν X.Cyr.2.4.21

, cf. Isoc.7.21; συμβαλλόμενα contributory causes, Thphr.Sud.6: abs., to be helpful,

πολλά ἐστι τὰ συμβαλλόμενα τοῖς βουλομένοις Antipho 5.79

, cf. Pl.Lg. 905b, D.21.133; φόνου κηκὶς ξ. contributes to the proof, A.Ch. 1012: rarely c. gen. partit., ξυμβάλλεται πολλὰ τοῦδε δείματος many things contribute [ their share] of this fear, i.e. join in causing it, E.Med. 284.

10 συμβάλλεσθαι γνώμας contribute one's opinion to a discussion, Hdt.8.61;

περί τινος Pl.Plt. 298c

;

συμβαλέσθαι περί τινος λόγους X.Cyr.2.2.21

; λόγον σ. περὶ βίου contribute an opinion about life, Pl.Lg. 905c; also συμβαλέσθαι τι to have something to say, Id. Ion 532c, cf. 533a; ταῦτά σοι περὶ Ἔρωτος ς. Id.Smp. 185c; συμβαλοῦ γνώμην contribute your opinion, help in judging, S.OC 1151; σ. τὴν γνώμην τῆς βουλῆς, with or without εἰς τὸν δῆμον, communicate it, IG22.79.6, 103.17, al.; cast votes, Schwyzer 84.15 (Tylisus, v B.C.).

II συμβάλλειν (sc. λόγους) converse, σ. τινί or πρός τινα, Plu.2.222c, Act.Ap.4.15:—[voice] Med., ἀτὰρ τί ἐγὼ περὶ κλοπῆς ς.; X.An.4.6.14.

II bring men together in hostile sense, pit them against each other, match them,

ἀμφοτέρους θεοὶ σύμβαλον Il.20.55

;

ἐμὲ.. καὶ Μενέλαον συμβάλετε.. μάχεσθαι 3.70

; σ. σκύμνον λέοντος σκύλακι κυνός set one to fight with the other, Hdt.3.32; ἄνδρα ἀνδρὶ καὶ ἵππον ἵππῳ ς. Id.5.1;

τοὺς ἡβῶντας σ. εἰς ἔριν περὶ ἀρχῆς X.Lac.4.2

; ἀλεκτρυόνας ς. Id.Smp.4.9;

ἄνδρας φίλους Id.Cyr.6.1.32

;

εἰς χεῖρα δοῦλον δεσπότῃ μὴ συμβάλῃς Philem. 206

: metaph., ἀναισχυντίᾳ σ. τινὰ καὶ προσγυμνάζειν make him contend with.., Pl.Lg. 647c.

b [voice] Med., join in fight,

σὺν δ' ἐβάλοντο μάχεσθαι ἐναντίον Il.12.377

.

c intr., come together,

σύμβαλον μάχεσθαι 16.565

; also ς. alone, come to blows, engage,

πρίν γ' ἠὲ ξυμβλήμεναι ἠὲ δαμῆναι 21.578

; freq. in Hdt., either abs., as 1.77,82, or c. dat. pers., ib.80, 104;

Ἄρης Ἄρει δυμβαλεῖ, Δίκα Δίκᾳ A.Ch. 461

(lyr.); Ἕλληνες Μήδοις ς. Simon.136; also

σ. πρός τινα X.Cyr.7.1.20

, Isoc.4.69;

εἰς μονομαχίαν πρός τινα Str.14.5.16

; συμβάλλων coming into collision, Pl.Plt. 273a, cf. Wilcken Chr.16.6 (ii A.D.).

2 σ. πόλεμον καὶ δηϊοτῆτα engage in war, Il.12.181 (prob. interpol.); so in Trag.,

σ. βάκχαις μάχην E.Ba. 837

;

ἔχθραν τινί Id.Med.44

; ἔριν φίλοις ib. 521: metaph., συμβαλεῖν ἔπη κακά bandy reproaches, S. Aj. 1323;

αἰσχρὸν δέ μοι γυναιξὶ συμβάλλειν λόγους E.IA 830

.

3 [voice] Med., fall in with one, meet him, c. dat., freq. in Hom., who uses [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. forms beginning ξυμβλη- or συμβλη- solely in this sense,

Νέστορι δὲ ξύμβληντο Il.14.27

, cf. 39;

εἰ δ' ἄρα τις.. ξύμβληται ὁδίτης Od.7.204

;

ξυμβλήμενος ἄλλος ὁδίτης 11.127

; ὅτε κεν συμβλήσεαι (leg. - βλήεαι)

αὐτῷ Il.20.335

;

ξυμβλήτην ἀλλήλοιιν Od.21.15

.

4 so in [voice] Act., συμβαλών having met, A.Ch. 677; οἱ συμβάλλοντες those who come in contact with one, Plu.Marc.20; φιλοσόφῳ ς. Arr.Epict.3.9.13, cf. 12, POxy. 1063 (ii/iii A.D.), PFay.129.2 (iii A.D.).

III compare,

σμικρὰ μεγάλοισι Hdt.2.10

;

ἑωυτόν τινι Id.3.160

;

ἓν πρὸς ἕν Id.4.50

;

τι πρός τι Lycurg.68

;

πρὸς ἄλληλα Pl.Tht. 186b

;

οὐδὲν ἦν τούτων.. πρὸς ἀτταγῆνα συμβαλεῖν Phoenicid.2.5

:—[voice] Pass., Hdt.2.10, 3.125; τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ Βαβυλώνιον πρὸς τὸ Εὐβοικὸν συμβαλλόμενον τάλαντον the Babyl. talent being compared with, reduced to, the Euboic, ib.95.

b compare for the purpose of checking, μέτρῳ συμβεβλημένῳ πρὸς τὸ χαλκοῦν Wilcken Chr.410.11 (iii B.C.), etc.

2 [voice] Med., reckon, compute, Hdt.2.31, 4.15, 6.63,65:—[voice] Pass.,

ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἡμερησίη ἀνὰ διηκόσια στάδια συμβέβληταί μοι Id.4.101

.

3 conclude, infer, conjecture, interpret,

συμβαλεῖν τι Pi.N.11.33

; σ. ὅτι .. Pl.Cra. 412c; τοῦτο ς. S.OC 1474; τοῦτο σ., ὅτι.. Ar.V.50; τὰ πρὶν οὐκ εὔγνωστα ς. E.Or.[1394];

εὖ ξυνέβαλεν αὐτά Ar.Eq. 427

;

ἣν [νόσον] οὐδ' ἂν εἷς γνοίη ποτ' οὐδ' ἂν ξυμβάλοι Id.V.72

;

σ. ἔπη E.Med. 675

;

τοὖναρ Id.IT55

;

τὴν μαντείαν Pl.Cra. 384a

;

τὸν χρησμόν Arist.Fr. 532

, cf. 76;

σήματα σ., εἰ.. ἤ.. Arat.1146

: abs., καθὼς συμβάλλομεν ἐκ τοὖ .. Sor.2.63:—[voice] Med., abs., Heraclit.47, freq. in Hdt., as 2.33, 4.87: c. acc., make out, understand, τὸ πρῆγμα ib. 111;

σ. τι ἔκ τινος 6.107

; τῇδε, ὅτι .. from the fact that.., 3.68: c. acc. et inf., 1.68, 2.33, 112, al.; folld. by indirect question, 4.45.

IV agree, arrange,

καθάπερ ξυνέβαλον ἢ διέθεντο IG12.46.14

;

πρὸς ἐμὲ πάντες συμβάλλετε X.Cyr. 6.2.41

:—[voice] Med., make a treaty, Foed. ap. Th.5.77; agree upon, fix, settle,

λόφον εἰς ὃν δέοι ἁλίζεσθαι X.An.6.3.3

;

ἔδει σε, καθότι συνεβάλου ἡμῖν, Ἡρακλείδην.. ἀπεσταλκέναι PCair.Zen.314.1

(iii B.C.).

Grammatical information: subst. m. and adj.

Meaning: `foreign(er), non-Greek', also `uncivilised, raw' (Ion.-Att.; βαρβαρόφωνος (Il.).

Derivatives: 1. βαρβαρίζω `behave like a b.', `side with the b. = Persians' (Hdt.).2. βαρβαρόομαι `become a b.' (S.).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: Onomatopoetic redupl. formation, identical with Skt. (postved.) barbara- `stammer', pl. of non-aryan peoples. Thus Sumer. barbar `foreigner', but Acc. barbaru means `wolf'. Hardly from Babyl.-Sumer. origin. From βάρβαρος Lat. barbarus. Originally refers to the language, s. Schwyzer 78. - Comparable formations in other I.-Eur. languages Pok. 91f., Mayrhofer EWAia 2, 217 balbalā-.

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Grammatical information: f., often plur.

Meaning: `reed, Arundo donax, reed-fence, -mat' (Com., inscr., Plb.).

Other forms: s. below!

Dialectal forms: Myc. kononi-phi \/kanōni-phi\/

Compounds: as 1. member in κανη-φόρος f. `Korbträgerin' (Ar.; on the comp.-vowel Schwyzer 438f.) with κανηφορ-έω, - ία, - ικός.

Derivatives: 1. κάνης, - ητος m. `reed mat' (Solon. Law in Plu. Sol. 21, Crates Com., D. H.) with καννητο-ποιός (Hippon. 116). 2. κάννηκες πλέγματα ταρσῶν H. - 3. κανοῦν, Ion. κάνεον, ep. also - ειον n. `reed basket, dish' (Il.; substant. adj.). Diminut. κανίσκος, - ίσκιον (Ar.), κανίδιον (pap.); further κάναστρον (Hom. Epigr., Nicophon, Attica, Kreta; cf. on ζύγαστρον), also - αυστρον (like θερμα(ύ)στρα; s. θερμός), - ιστρον, - υστρον (inscr., pap., Poll.; Kretschmer Glotta 11, 283) = Lat. canistrum; from there καναστραῖα κοῖλά τινα ἀγγεῖα Suid.; κάνασθον (Naukratis). - Zu κάν(ν)αβος, κάν(ν)αθρον, κανών s. bes.

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

Etymology: From Babyl.-Assyr. qanū `reed', which may come from Sumer.-Accad. gin `id.', Ugar. qn, Punic qn'. S. E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 47.From κάννα Lat. canna `reed etc.'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - Fur. 303 points out that κάναθρον etc. are clearly Pre-Greek formations, so that the word may have been of Anatolian origin; note further Myc. kononipi \/konōni-phi\/ which shows α\/ο, which is also Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: f., often plur.

Meaning: `reed, Arundo donax, reed-fence, -mat' (Com., inscr., Plb.).

Other forms: s. below!

Dialectal forms: Myc. kononi-phi \/kanōni-phi\/

Compounds: as 1. member in κανη-φόρος f. `Korbträgerin' (Ar.; on the comp.-vowel Schwyzer 438f.) with κανηφορ-έω, - ία, - ικός.

Derivatives: 1. κάνης, - ητος m. `reed mat' (Solon. Law in Plu. Sol. 21, Crates Com., D. H.) with καννητο-ποιός (Hippon. 116). 2. κάννηκες πλέγματα ταρσῶν H. - 3. κανοῦν, Ion. κάνεον, ep. also - ειον n. `reed basket, dish' (Il.; substant. adj.). Diminut. κανίσκος, - ίσκιον (Ar.), κανίδιον (pap.); further κάναστρον (Hom. Epigr., Nicophon, Attica, Kreta; cf. on ζύγαστρον), also - αυστρον (like θερμα(ύ)στρα; s. θερμός), - ιστρον, - υστρον (inscr., pap., Poll.; Kretschmer Glotta 11, 283) = Lat. canistrum; from there καναστραῖα κοῖλά τινα ἀγγεῖα Suid.; κάνασθον (Naukratis). - Zu κάν(ν)αβος, κάν(ν)αθρον, κανών s. bes.

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

Etymology: From Babyl.-Assyr. qanū `reed', which may come from Sumer.-Accad. gin `id.', Ugar. qn, Punic qn'. S. E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 47.From κάννα Lat. canna `reed etc.'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - Fur. 303 points out that κάναθρον etc. are clearly Pre-Greek formations, so that the word may have been of Anatolian origin; note further Myc. kononipi \/konōni-phi\/ which shows α\/ο, which is also Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `man's high boot, half-boot' (X., Theoc., Plu., Poll.), also. `groundwork, foundation, quay' (IA, Pi.).

Compounds: some compp., e.g. ὀπισθο-κρηπίς name of a shoe (Att. inscr., Poll., H.). -

Derivatives: κρηπίδια pl. `bordering stones' (Didyma II<sup>a</sup>), κρηπιδαῖον (Lys.), - εῖον (Ostia) `fundament of a house', κρηπιδ-ιαῖος `of the fundament' (Att. inscr.; on the formation Chantraine Formation 49). Denomin. κρηπιδόω `give a basis, found, support' (D. C., Plu.) with - ωμα `fundament' (inscr., D. S., Aq.).

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

Etymology: As κνημίς, χειρίς from a nominal basis; or the word just took their ending. The technical meaning suggests a loan (Chantraine Formation 347, Schwyzer 465); the connection with words for `shoe', e.g. Lith. kùrpe (Bezzenberger 17, 214, Zupitza Die german. Gutt. 125; s. καρβάτινος), is rejected by Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. v. prob. rightly. Not with Haupt Actes du 16<sup>e</sup> congres des orientalistes (1912) from Babyl. kipir, kipru `quay, asphalt-covering'. Lat. LW [loanword] crēpīda `half-boot', crēpīdō `stone basis etc.'; cf. W.-Hofmann s. v. - The suffix occurs in Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `spikenard, Indian narde, Nardostachys Jatamansi' (hell. a. late).

Other forms: νάρδον n. (Thphr. Od. 12, Poll.)

Compounds: Few compp., e.g. ναρδό-σταχυς, - υος m. = νάρδου στάχυς, νάρδος (Dsc., Gal.).

Derivatives: νάρδ-ινος `of nard' (Antiph., Men., Plb.), - ίτης οἶνος `wine spiced with nard' (Dsc. in tit.; Redard 98), - ῖτις βοτάνη `n. -like plant' (Gal.; Redard 74) ; - ίζω `resemble the nard' (Dsc.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.

Etymology: From Semit. (Phoenic.); cf. Hebr. nērd, Aram. nirda, Babyl. lardu. Further connection with Skt. naḍá-'reed, cane' (beside nadá- `id.') is quite uncertain and prob. to be abandoned; rather the Semit. words come from Skt. nálada- n. `Indian narde' (AV), s. Mayrhofer s. naḍáḥ and náladam m. -- Lat. LW [loanword] nardus, -um; s. W.-Hofmann. Beside νάρδος stands νάρτη f. designating aromatic plants (Thphr. HP 9, 7, 3). Fur. 199 suggests that the word are of Anatolian origin (including νάρθηξ).

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: ( στατήρ) Persian gold coin (Hdt.), also Δαρῐκός (Herod.) and - ιχός (Sparta), cf. Schwyzer 196 A. 2 m. Lit.

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Pers.

Etymology: By the Greeks interpreted as "Dareios-coin" (cf. louisd'or), after the picture of the king. One would expect however *Δαρειακος; - ικος is surprising (Chantr. Etudes 122). But Horn Neupers. Etymologie Nr. 654 considers Δαρεικός as a folketymological reshaping of *δᾰρῐκός = babyl. da-ri-ku (meaning uncertain) from OP * dari- = Av. zairi- `yellow' (cf. s. χλωρός); against Schwyzer IF 49, 10ff.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: son of Laertes and Antikleia, king of the island Ithaka (Il.).

Other forms: ep. also Όδυσεύς (metr. shortening?; cf. on Άχιλλεύς). Several byforms with λ (cf. Schwyzer 209 a. 333, Heubeck Praegraeca 24ff.): Όλυσ(σ)εύς, Όλυτ(τ)εύς, Όλισεύς a.o. (vase-inscr.), Οὑλιξεύς (Hdn. Gr.), Lat. Ulixēs; the δ-form is only epic-liter. ascertained.

Derivatives: Όδυσήϊος (σ 353). Όδύσσεια f. `the Odyssey' (Hdt., Pl.) with Όδυσσειακός `belonging to Od.' (Hdn. Gr., sch.), τὰ Όδύσσεια `Odyssean games' (Magn. Mae. III^a); Όλισ-σεῖδαι pl. m. name of a family ( φράτρα) in Thebes and Argos (inscr.).

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

Etymology: By the ep. poets (e.g. τ 407 ff.) folketymologicallu connected with ὀδύσσομαι (Linde Glotta 13, 223, Risch Eumusia [Festschr. Howald 1947] 82 f., Stanford ClassPhil. 47, 209 ff.). Modern interpreters sought the origin of the name partly in the Greek West or on the continent, partly in Asia Minor. For western, Illyrian-Epirotic origin Helbig Herm. 11, 281 (doubts by Kretschmer Einl. 280ff. with Ed. Meyer), Krahe IF 49, 143, v. Windekens Herm. 86, 121 ff. (w. lit.); for continental origin Bosshardt 138 f. (also on the phonetics); for Asia Minor Hrozný Arch. Or. 1, 338, Gemser Arch. f. Orientforsch. 3, 183 (from Babyl. Hitt. Ul(l)uš?; on this Kretschmer Glotta 18, 215), Kretschmer Glotta 28, 253 a. 278 (Odysseus as Anatoliian Heros to Hatt. Λύξης, Lyd. Λίξος). Quite doubtful attempts, to connect the namen Όδυσσεύς with the name of his maternal gransfather Αὑτόλυκος, by Bolling AmJPh 27, 65 ff., Lang. 29, 293 f. and by v. Windekens l. c. Combinations to be rejected by Theander Eranos 15, 137 ff., Carnoy Muséon 44, 319ff., Focke Saeculum 2, 589f. - The name is of course typically Pre-Greek (Furnée index).

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Βαβυλών, ῶνος, ἡ (Alcaeus Lyr. [VII/VI B.C.] 82, 10 D. [48, 10 L-P.]; Aeschyl., Pers. 52 et al.; LXX, ParJer, Philo, Joseph., SibOr; TestSol 26:6 B; Just.—בָּבֶל Gen 11:9; Babyl. Bâb-îlu or Bâbili, which the Babylonians interpreted by folk etymology to mean ‘gate of the gods’) Babylon, capital of Babylonia (Diod S 19, 100, 7 Βαβυλῶνα τὴν πόλιν); used also for the country (Bar 1:1, 4, 9, 11 al.; 1 Esdr 1:53; 2:11; 4:44 al.), so μετοικεσία Βαβυλῶνος deportation to Babylonia (B-D-F §166) Mt 1:11f, 17; cp. Ac 7:43 (cp. Ps.-Callisth. 3, 33, 15 ἐπάνω τῆς Βαβυλωνίας).—Among Israelites Rome began to take on the name and many of the characteristics of Babylon as a world-power hostile to God, denounced by the prophets (SyrBar 67, 7; SibOr 5, 143; 159; Billerb. III 816). So also 1 Pt 5:13 (s. the v.l. Ῥώμῃ and also CHunzinger, HHertzberg Festschr., ’65, 67–77 [Bab., Ro and 1 Pt].—Others, incl. GManley, EvQ 16, ’44, 138–46 and RAltheim-Stiehl, Christentum am Roten Meer II, ’73, 298, argue with less probability for the Bab. in Egypt [Diod S 1, 56, 3; Strabo 17, 1, 30; Jos., Ant. 2, 315]. The Bab. in Mesopotamia is also suggested by some, but at the time of Diod S [2, 9, 9], i.e. I B.C., it was almost entirely uninhabited). The association w. Rome is preferred by most for Rv (otherwise GAvan den Bergh van Eysinga, NThT 16, 1927, 33ff; JOman, Book of Rv 1923, 29 al.; JSickenberger, BZ 17, 1926, 270–82; Lohmeyer), where B. is always called the Great (cp. Da 4:30; Jos., Ant. 8, 153; Alcaeus, loc. cit., spoke of Βαβύλωνος ἵρας=holy Babylon) Rv 16:19; 17:5; 18:10, 21; ἔπεσεν, ἔπεσεν Β. 14:8; 18:2 (cp. Is 21:9; Jer 28:8).—RAC I 1118–34. M-M. TW.

Συχάρ, ἡ indecl. Sychar, a city in Samaria; acc. to Jerome, Quaest. in Gen. 66, 6 and Epict. 108, 13, a corrupt form of Συχέμ (Sinaitic Syr. Shechim); s. next entry. Many later scholars reject this conclusion, usu. in favor of identifying Sychar w. Askar (Samaritan Ischar) at the southeast foot of Mt. Ebal. Yet excavations seem to show that Jerome was right (s. RB 37, 1928, 619). A place called Sichar or Suchar in the Babyl. Talmud (Baba Kamma 82b; Menachoth 64b) cannot be identified w. certainty. J 4:5.—ESchwartz, NGG 1908, 504f; Zahn, NKZ 19, 1908, 207–18; JBoehmer, ZNW 9, 1908, 218–23; KKundsin, Topolog. Überlieferungsstoffe im Joh. 1925; CKopp, The Holy Places of the Gospels, tr. RWalls ’63, 155–66; BHHW III 1896.—EDNT.

ἀστήρ, έρος, ὁ (Hom.+; ins, a few times in astron. and magic. pap [e.g. PGM 4, 574; 580; 2891; 2894; 2939], LXX, pseudepigr., Philo [e.g. Plant. 12 ἀστέρες as living beings endowed w. reason], apolog., loanw. in rabb.) a luminous body (other than the sun) visible in the sky, star, single star, planet (Achilles, Comm. in Arat. p. 41 ἀστήρ ἐστιν εἷς ἀριθμῷ; schol. on Pind., O. 1, 9d) IEph 19:2. Of the star of the Magi Mt 2:2, 7, 9f; GJs 21:1; περὶ τοῦ ἀ. vs. 2; εἶδον ἀστέρας … καὶ προῆγαν αὐτούς vs. 3 (pap). (FBoll, ZNW 18, 1918, 40–48. Diod S 16, 66, 3: a marvelous, divinely sent heavenly body leads the fleet of Timoleon toward Italy. When he and his companions noticed this heavenly manifestation, περιχαρεῖς ἦσαν [16, 66, 5].—On the star s. μάγος 1.) Falling fr. heaven in the last tribulation Mt 24:29; Mk 13:25; Rv 6:13 (all three Is 13:10; cp. Artem. 2, 36 p. 137, 15 καταπίπτοντες εἰς γῆν οἱ ἀστέρες). Single stars 8:10; 9:1 (cp. Artem. 5, 23 τ. οὐρανοῦ ἀστέρα ἐκπεσεῖν; Ps.-Callisth. 3, 33, 26: at the death of Alexander μέγας ἀστὴρ πεσὼν ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν.—Boll, Offb. 135). Changed at Christ’s parousia B 15:5. W. sun and moon (Dt 4:19; TestNapht 3:2) 1 Cor 15:41; Rv 8:12; 12:1 (Eratosth. 33 ἔχει ἀστέρας ἐπὶ τ. κεφαλῆς); 1 Cl 20:3; B 15:5. Of the stars as numberless (Gen 22:17; 1 Ch 27:23 al.) 1 Cl 10:6 (Gen 15:5); 32:2 (Gen 22:17).—As to the seven stars that the Son of Man holds in his right hand Rv 1:16; 2:1; 3:1, it has been conjectured that the imagery is based on a constellation, prob. that of the Great Bear (Strabo 1, 1, 21 τοὺς ἑπτὰ τῆς μεγάλης ἄρκτου ἀστέρας; almost the same thing in Diod S 3, 48, 1.—Philo, Op. M. 114, Leg. All. 1, 8; PGM 4, 700; ADieterich, Mithraslit. 1903, 14; 16f; 72f; Boll, Offb. 21f). In 1:20 they are interpr. to mean the ἄγγελοι (PGM 1, 74f star=angel; cp. 154; Chrysipp., Stoic. II 1076 and Diod S 2, 30, 6 stars=gods; En 18:14=heavenly beings) of the seven churches, by which are meant the guardian angels (so fr. Origen, Hom. 12 and 13 In Luc., De Orat. 11, to Bousset, Charles, Lohmeyer; JSickenberger, Röm. Quartalschr. 35, 1927, 135–49), not overseers/bishops (Primasius and Bede to Zahn, JWeiss, Billerb., Allo.—ἀ. to designate a prominent pers.: Plut., Marcell. 316 [30, 8] ὁ μέγας πατρίδος ἀ.). ἀ. ὁ πρωϊνός the morning star (Venus) likened to Christ 22:16; δώσω αὐτῷ τὸν ἀ. τὸν πρωϊνόν 2:28 (on both passages s. Boll, Offb. 47–50). Other pass. that associate pers. w. celestial bodies—a practice going back largely, as some hold, to Babyl. apocalyptic—are 8:11, 12; 12:1, 4, which also contain the word ἀ.—ἀστέρες πλανῆται wandering stars (Cicero, De Nat. Deor. of stars ‘quae falso vocantur errantes’), perh. meteors, typical of dissident teachers Jd 13 (cp. En 18:14; also chap. 21).—FBoll, Sternglaube u. Sterndeutung⁴ ’31 (lit.); EZimer, Sternglaube u. Sternforschung ’53.—B. 56. 1530–40. DELG. EDNT. M-M. TW.

ἐννεύω impf. ἐνένευον (νεύω ‘nod’; Aristoph., Fgm. Babyl. 58 Dind.=75 K.; Lucian, Dial. Meretr. 12, 1; Jos., Ant. 8, 97; Pr 6:13; 10:10) to signify by bodily movement, nod, make signs τινί to someone Lk 1:62. ἐ. τινὶ τῇ χειρί motion to someone w. the hand Hv 3, 1, 9 (cp. Pr 6:13; 10:10 ὀφθαλμῷ).—DELG s.v. νεύω.