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1 πτίλον
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `fluff, soft feather, down, insect wing', metaph. `leaf etc.' (IA.).Compounds: Some compp., e.g. πτιλό-νωτος `with a fluffy back' (AP), τετρά-πτιλος `with four fluff-feathers' (Ar.).Derivatives: 1. πτιλ-ωτός `provided with πτίλα' (Arist., Att. inscr.); 2. - όομαι, - όω `to be equipped with πτ. esp. to equip with πτ.' (late) with - ωσις f. `fluff-forming' (Ael.), also of a disease of the eyelid and -lashes (Gal.); to this as backformation πτίλος `disease of the eyelids' (LXX, Gal. a.o.) and with expressive gemination πτίλλος = lippus (Gloss.); to be rejeced Güntert Reimwortbildungen 125 f.; 3. - ώσσω `to have a disease of the eyelids (lashes)' (Archyt.; Schwyzer 733).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Like πτερόν, πτέρυξ (s. vv.) from πτ-έσθαι, w. hypocoristic ιλο-suffix (Chantraine Form. 248 f., Schwyzer 485; diff. Specht Ursprung 157 a. 164). Far remain both πταίω (s.v.) and Lat. pĭlus `hair' and vespertīliō `bat' (s. W.-Hofmann s.v.). -- On Dor. ψίλον (Paus. 3, 19,6) s. Bechtel Dial. 2, 319f. -- Furnée 263 takes πτίλον - ψίλον as evidence for a Pre-Greek word. He adds to the cognate forms also Lat. pilus. An IE * pth₂-ilo- does not seem convincing.Page in Frisk: 2,614Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πτίλον
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2 ἄχνη
I of liquids, foam, froth, in Hom. of the sea, Od.12.238, al.;ἁλὸς ἄ. 5.403
, cf. Tim.Pers.95, A.R.2.570; θοὴν ἀπερεύγεται ἄχνην, of a river, D.P.693: Medic., exudation, Hp.Int.1; οἰνωπὸς ἄ. froth of wine, E. Or. 115; ἄχνα οὐρανία dew of heaven, S.OC 681 (lyr.); δακρύων ἄχνα dewy tears, Id.Tr. 848 (lyr.); also ἄχνη πυρός, i.e. smoke, A.Fr. 336.II of solids, chaff, in pl.,ὡς δ' ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέελ Il.5.499
; καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας ib. 501; down on the quince,μῆλον λεπτῇ πεποκωμένον ἄ. AP6.102
(Phil.); ἄχνη ἡ ἀφ' ἡμιτυβίου fluff, shreds, used for lint, Hp.Art.37;ὀθονίου Id.Mochl.2
; ἄ. Λυδῆς κερκίδος, of finespun fabrics, S.Fr.45; ἄ. χαλκίτιδος metallic dust, Plu.2.659c, cf. Orph.L. 455; ἄχναι wall-decorations, dub. in Aret.CA1.1 ( stramina Cael. Aur.).III ἄχνην in acc., as Adv., morsel, the least bit,ἢν δ' οὖν καταμύσῃ κἂν ἄχνην Ar.V.92
.V ἄχναν· τὴν οἴκησιν, Hsch.
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