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1 γερουσία
γερουσίᾱ, γερούσιαςmember of the: masc nom /voc /acc dualγερούσιαςmember of the: masc voc sgγερουσίᾱ, γερούσιαςmember of the: masc voc sg (attic)γερουσίᾱ, γερούσιαςmember of the: masc gen sg (doric aeolic)γερούσιαςmember of the: masc nom sg (epic)γερουσίᾱ, γερούσιοςfor: fem nom /voc /acc dualγερουσίᾱ, γερούσιοςfor: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)γερουσίᾱ, γερουσίαCouncil of Elders: fem nom /voc /acc dualγερουσίᾱ, γερουσίαCouncil of Elders: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)——————γερουσίαι, γερούσιαςmember of the: masc nom /voc plγερουσίᾱͅ, γερούσιαςmember of the: masc dat sg (attic doric aeolic)γερουσίᾱͅ, γερούσιοςfor: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)γερουσίαι, γερουσίαCouncil of Elders: fem nom /voc plγερουσίᾱͅ, γερουσίαCouncil of Elders: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic) -
2 καλός
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `beautiful, noble, good' (Il.); on the meaning Smothers Traditio 5 (1947) 1-57, also Kretschmer Glotta 22, 261.Other forms: Primary comp. καλλίων (Alc. ntr. κάλιον [s. below], El. καλιτερος [graphic?], rarely καλώτερος, καλλιώτερος), κάλλιστος; Dor. adv. (Alcm. 98) καλλά; cf. Wackernagel Unt. 87f.Dialectal forms: ep. Ion. κᾱλός, Boeot. καλϜοςCompounds: As 1. member rare (for καλλι-, εὑ-), e. g. καλό-φυλλος `with beautiful leaves' (Thphr.; after μακρό-, λειό-φυλλος etc.); as 2. member e. g. ἀπειρό-καλος `not knowing what is beautiful' (Pl.; from τὸ καλόν). Note esp. καλοκἀγαθία (orators, X.), univerbating abstract of καλὸς κ(αὶ) ἀγαθός (IA.; see Berlage Mnemos. 60, 20ff.)Derivatives: καλότης `beauty' (Chrysipp. Stoic. 3, 60). - With geminate: 1. κάλλος n. `beauty' (Il.), as 2. member e. g. in περι-καλλής `very beautiful' (Il., bahuvrihi); from there κάλλιμος `beautiful' (Od., h. Hom.; after κύδιμος, s. Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 10ff.), καλλύνω `give beauty, make beautiful, sweep' (S., Pl., Arist.) with καλλυντής `sweeper' (pap. IIa), κάλλυντρον `broom', also name of a shrub (Arist.), κάλλυνθρον `duster' (LXX, pap.), καλλυντήρια n. pl. name of a purification feast (Phot., EM), καλλύσματα pl. `dust' (Keos). Fom κάλλος further καλλονή `id.' (cf. ἡδονή), καλλοσύνη `id.' (E.). - 2. compar. καλλίων, κάλλιστος (Il.); from there καλλιόομαι `be made more beautiful' (LXX), καλλιστεύω, - ομαι `be the most beautiful' (Ion.) with καλλιστεῖον, καλλίστευμα `sacrifice of the most beautiful, price of beauty, price of honour' (S., E., inscr.). - 3. καλλι- as 1. member (Il.); e. g. καλλι-γύναικ-α, - ος, -ι `with beutiful women' (cf. Sommer Nominalkomp. 62), also in PN, from where short names like Καλλίας etc.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: From Att. κᾰλός and Ion. κᾱλός, both from καλϜός (see Sommer Nominalkomp. 59 n. 3), deviate the noun κάλλος, the compar. forms καλλίων, κάλλιστος and the 1. member καλλι- through the gemination. An explanation is still wanting. The for κάλλος (and καλλίων, κάλλιστος, cf. Benveniste Origines 84; analogical καλλι- ?) proposed basis *κάλ-νος or *κάλ-ι̯ος (hardly to Skt. kalya-, s. below) do not inspire confidence, as κάλλος seems a Greek innovation; cf. Chantraine Formation 416f. The assumpion of an expressive gemination (Chantraine) is possible, but is only an emergency solution. For καλλι- too there is no good explanation. Beside καλ-Ϝός with old u̯o-suffix one would expect as 1. member καλι- (retained in κάλιον [Alc.]?), which Wackernagel KZ 61, 191ff. (= Kl. Schr. 1, 352ff.) finds back in Skt. kaly-ā́ṇa- `beautiful' (prop. `with beautiful arms, λευκώλενος'?; cf. on ὠλένη); rejected by Mayrhofer Wb. s. kalyaḥ1). After Schwyzer 447 n. 6 καλλ- would come from antevocalic *καλι̯-, from where καλλι- and as backformation κάλλος etc. Diff. Risch par. 62a: - λλ- from a comparative *κάλλων \< *καλι̯ων, from where κάλλιστος etc.? Similarly Seiler Steigerungsformen 68ff.: a comp. ntr. *κάλλον \< *κάλι̯ον was considered as positive and resulted in κάλλιον, καλλίων (from where κάλλιστος etc.). - The only non-Greek comparison is Skt. kalyā́ṇa-, with ep. class. kalya- `robust, prepared'. The Germanic words, ONo. hǫldr and OHG helid `warrior, Held' must be kept separated.Page in Frisk: 1,766-767Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > καλός
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3 ζειαί
Grammatical information: f. pl.Meaning: `one-sided wheat, spelt, Triticum monococcum' (Od., Hdt.), hell. and late also sg. ζειά (Thphr.), ζεά ( ζέα), -η (pap. IIIa, D. H.; Dsc. and Gal. as v. l.).Compounds: As 1. member in ζεί-δωρος `giving spelt (wheat)' (Il.; of ἄρουρα), ζεό-πυρον n. `kind of Triticum' (Gal.); as 2. member in φυσί-ζοος `producing wheat' (Hom., Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 67; of αἶα), Οἰσε-ζέα PN (Lesb.). Both as 1. and as 2. member ζει-, - ζοος were early (Emp., A.) associated with ζῆν, ζωή and understood as `lifegiving'.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [512] *i̯eu̯h₁-`wheat, spelt'Etymology: Clearly to Skt. yáva-, Av. yava- m. `wheat etc.', Lith. pl. javaĩ `wheat', sg. jãvas. If the diphthong in ζειαί is real, we have to start from PGr. *ζεϜ-ι̯ᾰ (Sommer Lautstud. 153f., s. Schulze Q. 288 n. 4), so a ιᾰ-deriv. of IE. *i̯eu̯o- in Skt. yáva- etc. The monophthongal forms would be secondary. But if ζειαι has metric lengthening for ζε(Ϝ)αί (with the epic orthography retained in this prob. purely literary word), the Greek word agrees with the Indo-Iranian and Lithuanian word. The 2. member - ζο(Ϝ)ος (with regular ο-ablaut) speaks against a ι̯ᾰ-deriv. The 1. member ζει- may stand for ζε(Ϝ)ε- (from *i̯eu̯h₁-). Cf. δηαί. - Cf. Bq and WP., Pok. 512, Bechtel Lexilogus s. ζείδωρος, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 31.Page in Frisk: 1,608-609Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ζειαί
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4 κράτος
Grammatical information: n.Compounds: Often as 1. member, e. g. ἀ-κρατής `without strength, power (over others or over oneself)'; oppos. ἐγ-κρατής `having power over, controlling (oneself)' with ἐγκράτεια, - έω etc.; αὑτο-κρατής `having power over oneself, independent'; more usual αὑτο-κράτωρ `with unlimited power' (Ar., Th.); details in Debrunner FS Tɨèche (Bern 1947) 11f.; also - κρέτης in Aeol. and Arc. Cypr. PN, e. g. Σω-κρέτης.Derivatives: Beside κράτος, κρέτος there are several adjectives: 1. κρατύς `strong, powerful' (Hom.; only κρατὺς Άργεϊφόντης, verse-end) with κρατύνω, ep. also καρτ- `strengthen, conso;idate, rule' (Il.) with κρατυσμός `strenghtening', κρατυντήριος `id.', - τικός `id.' (medic.), κρατύντωρ `controller' ( PMag. Leid.). - 2. κρατερός (Il., A. Pr. 168, anap.), καρτερός (Il.) `id.' (IA.); also as 1. member, e.g. κρατερό-φρων (Il.). καρτερέω, also with prefix, e.g. δια-, `be steadfast, hold out, overcome onseself' (IA.) with καρτερία (Pl., X.), - ρησις (Pl.) `holding on, firmness', - ρικός (Att.); καρτερόω `strengthen' (Aq., Herm.). - 3. κραταιός `id.' (Il.), also as plant-name (Ps.-Dsc.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 82); rarely as 1. member, e.g. κραταιό-φρων ( PMag.). With κραταιότης = κράτος (LXX), κραταιόω `strengthen' (LXX, NT) with κραταίωμα, - ωσις (LXX). Fem. κραταιίς (Od.; Schwyzer 385). - 4. Primary comparison: comp. κρείττων, (Atticising) κρείσσων with sec. - ει- for κρέσσων (Ion., Pi.); Dor. κάρρων, Cret. κάρτων; denomin. κρειττόομαι `have excrescences', with κρείττωσις (Thphr.). sup. κράτιστος, ep. κάρτ-, (Il.), with - τεύω `be the best, surpass' (Pi., Att.); -( ε)ία as title, `highness' (pap.). -- 5. Adv. κάρτα `in a high degree, very' (Ion. and trag.). - 6. As 1. member often κραται- ( καρται-), e.g. κραται-γύαλος `with strong breast-pieces' (T 361). Further Κρατι-, Καρτι- in PN, e.g. Κρατί-δημος, Καρτί-νικος; also Κρατ(ο)-, Κρατε- a. o. (Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 256). Hypocoristic short-names Κρατῖνος (Schwyzer 491, Chantraine Formation 205), Κρατύλος, Κράτυλλος (Leumann Glotta 32, 217 a. 225 A. 1), Κρατιεύς (Boßhardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 126). On Κρεσφόντης s. v. - 7. Verb: κρατέω (Il.), Aeol. κρετέω, aor. κρατῆσαι (posthom.), κρέτησαι (Sapph.), often with prefix, e.g. ἐπι-, κατα-, περι-, `controll, possess, rule, conquer'; with ( ἐπι- etc.) κράτησις `power, rule' (Th., LXX), ( δια-, ἐπι-) κρατητικός `controlling' (late), ( δια-)κράτημα `support, grip' (medic.); κρατητής `possessor' (Procl.); κρατῆρας τοὺς κρατοῦντας H. for κρατητῆρας (Lewy KZ 59, 182). But ἐγκρατέω from ἐγ-κρατής, ναυ-κρατέω, - τία from ναυ-κρατής etc.; s. above. καρταίνειν κρατεῖν H. -- 8. On κρατευταί s. v.Etymology: With the full grade in Aeol. κρέτος interchanges regularly the zero grade in κρατύς, κάρτα (on ρα: αρ Schwyzer 342). Through analogy arose both κράτος, κάρτος and the compp. κάρρων \< *κάρσ(σ)ων \< *κάρτι̯ων and κάρτων beside the old fullgrade κρέσσων \< *κρέτι̯ων; details in Seiler Steigerungsformen 53 ff. A zero grade of the σ-stem in κρέτος is supposed in Κρεσ-φόντης ( \< *Κρετσ-; Kretschmer Glotta 24, 237, Heubeck Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 5, 26). - The relation of the forms is not always clear. The adjective κρατερός, καρτερός may conrain a alternating ρ-stem (Benveniste Origines 17, Leumann Hom. Wörter 115), if it is not an analogical innovation to κράτος, κρατέω (e.g. Schwyzer 482). The form Κρατι-, Καρτι-, which appears only in PN, will not be old (like e.g. in κυδι-άνειρα: κῦδος), but rest on analogy (after Άλκι-, Καλλι- a. o.; Frisk Nom. 70). On κάρτα cf. e.g. τάχα, ἅμα. The 1. member κραται- may have been built after παλαι- a. o.; and κραταιός after παλαιός? (cf. Schwyzer 448). Diff. Risch 117: κραταιός back formation to κραταιή for *κράταια, fem. to κρατύς ( Πλαταιαί: πλατύς). Also κρατέω is discussed. Against the obvious explanation as denominative of κράτος (Schwyzer 724; κρατῆσαι only posthom.) see Leumann Hom. Wörter 113ff.; he assumes in κρατέω a backformation to ἐπικρατέω from ἐπι-κρατής (Hom. only adv. ἐπικρατέως). Again diff. Specht KZ 62, 35 ff. - An exact agreement to κράτος etc. is not found. Close are Skt. krátu- m. `power, mind, will', Av. xratu- m. `id.'. The objections that the Indo-Ir. word indicates primarily spiritual qualities ar refuted by OE cræft ` Kraft, physical strength, power', also `insight, craft etc.'. The Germanic word for `hard', Got. hardus etc., which is usually adduced, differs in vowel (IE *kortú- against *kr̥tú- to * kret-). - Cf. Mayrhofer KEWA s. krátuh.Page in Frisk: 2,8-10Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κράτος
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5 λέχεται
λέχεται κοιμᾶται H.Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `lie down, fall asleep'.Other forms: perf. ptc. λελο[γ]χυῖα λεχὼ γενομένη H. (also Antim. in PMilan. 17 II 10), καλέχες κατάκεισο. Πάφιοι H. (Schwyzer-Debrunner 473 n. 5), with ep. aorist- and future forms: λέκτο, λέξο, - λέχθαι, - λέγμενος (\< *λεχσ-το, - σο, - σθαι, - μενος? Schwyzer 751; after Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 296 rather athem. present), λέξασθαι, λέξομαι, also with παρα-, κατα-, προσ-, `lie, lie down'; act. aor. λέξον, ἔλεξα (Il.)Derivatives: 1. λέχος n. `lair, bed', esp. `nuptial bed', also `death-bed' (Il.; after ἕδος? Porzig Satzinhalte 263); as 1. member in λεχε-ποίης `having grass as bed' (Il.; Bechtel Lex. s. v.; on the 2. member Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 141), as 2. member e. g. ὀρει-λεχής `having his lair in the mountains' (Emp.); with λεχαῖος `belonging to the lair' (A. Th. 292 [conj.], A. R.), λεχήρης `bed-ridden' (E. in lyr.), λεχώ f. `one who has just given birth' (E., Ar., Cyrene), also λεκχώ (Delphi; expressive gemination, Schwyzer 478 n. 3 and Fraenkel Glotta 32, 18), with λεχώϊος `belonging to...', λεχωϊς = λεχώ (- ίς lengthening, Schwyzer 465; A. R., Call.). - 2. λόχος m. `child-birth', usu. `ambush, band (in ambush)', milit. `armed band' (Il.), often as 2. member, e. g. ἄ-λοχος f. `lairfellow, spouse' (Il.; Clark ClassPhil. 35, 188ff.), as 1. member e. g. in λοχ-ᾱγός `leader of a λόχος' (Dor.; S., Th., X.; Chantraine Études 90). Several derivv: λόχιος `belonging to birth' (E., Ar.), ἡ Λοχία surn. of Artemis (E., inscr.), τὰ λόχια `discharge after child-birth' (Hp., Arist.); λοχεῖος (E. in lyr., Plu.), λοχαῖος (Arat., AP) `id.'; λοχίτης m. `belonging to one and the same λ., war-fellow' (A., S., X.; Redard 42); λοχώ (- ώς, - ός) = λεχώ (LXX, Dsc.). Transformation λοχεός `ambuch' (Hes. Th. 178; after φωλεός a. o.); λοχή = λόχμη (late epigr.). Denomin. verbs: a. λοχάω, - ομαι `lie in ambush' (ep. ion., hell.; after κοιμάω, - ομαι Risch ̨ 112b; s. also Leumann Hom. Wörter 185 ff. [and Risch Gnomon 23, 370]; hardly iterative-intensive to λέχεται with Schwyzer 718); with λόχησις, - ητικός (late). b. λοχεύω, - ομαι `give birth, deliver', pass. `be delivered, be born' (h. Merc., Trag. etc.) with λόχευμα ` birth, the born' (A., E.), λοχεία `giving birth, birth' (Pl., E.), λοχεύτρια f. `who has just given birth' (sch.). c. λοχίζω `lie in ambush, distribute men in companies' (Hdt., Th.) with λοχισμός `putting ambushes' (Plu.). - 3. λέκτρον, often pl. -α `lair, (nuptial)bed' (Il.); compp. e. g. κοινό-λεκτρος `having a common lair, uptial, bedfellow' (A.); λεκτρίτῃ θρόνῳ ἀνάκλισιν ἔχοντι H.; cf. Redard 113. - 4. λόχμη f. `lair of wild beasts, copse, bush' (τ 439, Arist. ; after κώμη?, Porzig Satzinhalte 289; cf. also *κοίμη in κοιμάω) with λοχμαῖος `living in the bush' (Ar. in lyr.), - ιος `id.' (A P), - ώδης `grown with bush etc.' (Th., Thphr.), λοχμάζω `form a copse' (Pisand. Ep.). - On the whole word group, which in Ionic -Attic was very limited and specialized (instead κεῖμαι, ( κατα)-κλίνομαι), s. also Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 153f.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [658] * legʰ- lie'Etymology: With the primary thematic present λέχεται agrees exactly Goth. ligan `lie', which (like sitan `sit') is suspected as innovation for the further in Germ. dominating and also in Slavic (OCS ležǫ) found yotpresent (Brugmann Grundr.2 II: 3, 190 a. 192); after Specht KZ 62, 45 f. the verb was originally limited to the aorist. A primary present, orig. prob. also yotpresent, is also found in Celtic, MIr. laigid `lies down' (with a from e as in saidid `sits'; Thurneysen KZ 59, 9 f.). Italic too has once known this verb, as appears from Falisc. lecet `iacet' (formation?), s. Porzig Indogermanica 176. - Also to the Greek verbal nouns the other languages give many comparable forms: OWNo. lag n. `Lage, position', pl. lǫg `law', Russ. lóg `valley, cleft', Scr. lŏg `lying', Pol. od-ɫog `fallow field' (\> Lith. at-lagaĩ `id.'; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 311f.), Alb. lagje `band, group', all from IE * logho- (formally = λόχος); OCS lože ' κλίνη, κοίτη'; OHG lehtar `uterus' = λέκτρον; in Slav., e. g. OCS ložes-no, pl. -na ' μήτρα, uterus' prob. the s-stem in λέχος. With ἄ-λοχος cf. Serb.-Csl. su-logъ ' σύγ-κοιτος, spouse' (Russ.-Csl. su-ložь). Toch. B leke, A lake `lair'. - More forms in WP. 2, 424f., Pok. 658f., W.-Hofmann s. lectus, Ernout-Meillet s. lectus, Vasmer Wb. s. ležátь, lóže, ljágu.Page in Frisk: 2,110-112Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > λέχεται
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6 νύξ
νύξ, νυκτόςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `night' (Il.).Compounds: Often as 1. member, e.g. νυκτο-μαχ-ία, - ίη f. abstract formation as if from *νυκτο-μάχος; νυκτο-μαχέω Plu.), νυκτί-πλαγκτος `causing to wander by night' (A.; with locativ. 1. member, partly prob. also analogical; cf. below); as 2. member e.g. in ἀωρό-νυκτ-ος `in untimely nightly hour' (A. Ch. 34), μεσο-νύκτ-ιος `in the middle of the night' (Pi., Hp.; from μέσαι νύκτες); besides - νυχ-, e.g. ἔν-νυχ-ος, ἐν-νύχ-ιος `nightly, in the night' (Il.), νύχιος `nightly' (Hes.), νυχεύω `wake through the night' (E., Nic.); cf. below.Derivatives: Many derivv., most with ρ-suffix (s. below): 1. νύκτωρ adv. `at night' (Hes., Archil.); 2. νύκτερος `nightly' (trag.) with νυκτερίς, - ίδος f. `bat' (Od., cf. Lommel Femininbild. 53), also as fish- and plantname (Opp., resp. Aët.; Strömberg Fischn. 111, s. also Pflanzenn. 74 on ἑσπερίς a.o.), νυκτερῖτις, - ιδος f. ' ἀναγαλλὶς ἡ κυανῆ' (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard 74f.), νυκτερεύω `pass the night waking', also with δια-, ἐν- etc. (X.), from which νυκτερ-εία f. `nightly chase' (Pl.), - ευμα n. `nightquarters' (Plb.), - ευτής m. `nightly hunter' (Pl.), - ευτικός `useful in nightly hunt' (X.); 3. νυκτέριος `nightly' (Aret., Luc.), τὰ νυκτέρεια = ἡ νυκτερεία (Eun.); 4. νυκτερινός `id.' (IA.) with νυκτερινία or - εία f. `direction of night watch' (Ephesos Ip; wr. - ηα); 5. νυκτερήσιος `id.' (Luc., S. E.; for - ίσιος?, s. Fraenkel 2, 151, n. 1 a. below). -- Further the rare νύκτιος `nightly' (AP), νυκτῳ̃ον n. `temple of the night' (Luc.), after μητρῳ̃ον a. o., Νυκτεύς m. PN (Apollod., prob. shortname; Bosshardt 125 f.). -- On itself stands with λ-sufflx νυκτάλωψ, s. v. But νυκτέλιος adjunct of Dionysos (AP, Plu., Paus.) haplologically for *νυκτι-τέλιος as hypostasis of νύξ and τέλος ( τελέω), cf. νυκτελεῖν ἐν νυκτὶ τελεῖν H. and Schwyzer 483.Etymology: Old inherited word for `night', in most IE languages retained: Lat. nox, gen. pl. nocti-um, Germ., e.g. Goth. nahts, Skt. nák, acc. nákt-am (as adv.), Lith. naktìs, gen. pl. nakt-ų̄, Slav., e.g. OCS noštь etc., all from IE * nokt-; the i-stem in Lat. nocti-um, Lith. nakt-ìs, OCS nošt-ь etc. comes from innovations of the separate languages. The deviating υ in νύξ is often explained as reduced grade e.g. by Brugmann (e.g. Grundr.2II: 1,435), who sees in it the reflex of a following labiovelar; basis then * nokʷt-, what is confirmed by Hitt. nekuz (gen. sg.) from IE * nekʷt-s. Diff. W. Petersen AmJPh. 56, 56f. (υ after *λύξ in ἀμφι-λύκ-η etc.); Sapir Lang. 14, 274 (υ from a laryngal, which is certainly wrong); diff. still H. Petersson LUÅ, NF 11: 5, 12 f. (rejected by imself Heteroklisie 122 f.). -- The pregr. existence of the r-stem in νύκτωρ (formation like ὕδωρ?; Schwyzer 519 a. n. 4) etc. is proven by Lat. nocturnus; the further formation of the adjectives goes partly parallel to the derivv. from ἦμαρ, ἡμέρα: νυκτερινός: ἡμερινός, νυκτέριος: ἡμέριος, νυκτερήσιος: ἡμερήσιος (s.v.); also νυκτερεύω: ἡμερεύω. Diff., hardly correct on νύκτερος Szemerényi Glotta 38, 120: innovation after ἕσπερος. An i-stem, alternating with the r-stem, is supposed by Benveniste Origines 81 with doubtful right in the 1. member νυκτι--; cf. above. -- The aspirated and t-less form in νύχα νύκτωρ H., ἔν-νυχ-ος, - ιος, εἰνά-νυχ-ες, `nine nights long', νύχιος etc. is attested only for Greek; a convincing explanation has not yet been given; s. the lit. in W.-Hofmann s. nox (with many details) and WP. 2, 338; also Specht Ursprung 220 and Austin Lang. 18, 24 (with Belardi Doxa 3, 215). On - νυχ- as 2. member also Sommer Nominalkomp. 64 f.Page in Frisk: 2, 327Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > νύξ
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7 νυκτός
νύξ, νυκτόςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `night' (Il.).Compounds: Often as 1. member, e.g. νυκτο-μαχ-ία, - ίη f. abstract formation as if from *νυκτο-μάχος; νυκτο-μαχέω Plu.), νυκτί-πλαγκτος `causing to wander by night' (A.; with locativ. 1. member, partly prob. also analogical; cf. below); as 2. member e.g. in ἀωρό-νυκτ-ος `in untimely nightly hour' (A. Ch. 34), μεσο-νύκτ-ιος `in the middle of the night' (Pi., Hp.; from μέσαι νύκτες); besides - νυχ-, e.g. ἔν-νυχ-ος, ἐν-νύχ-ιος `nightly, in the night' (Il.), νύχιος `nightly' (Hes.), νυχεύω `wake through the night' (E., Nic.); cf. below.Derivatives: Many derivv., most with ρ-suffix (s. below): 1. νύκτωρ adv. `at night' (Hes., Archil.); 2. νύκτερος `nightly' (trag.) with νυκτερίς, - ίδος f. `bat' (Od., cf. Lommel Femininbild. 53), also as fish- and plantname (Opp., resp. Aët.; Strömberg Fischn. 111, s. also Pflanzenn. 74 on ἑσπερίς a.o.), νυκτερῖτις, - ιδος f. ' ἀναγαλλὶς ἡ κυανῆ' (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard 74f.), νυκτερεύω `pass the night waking', also with δια-, ἐν- etc. (X.), from which νυκτερ-εία f. `nightly chase' (Pl.), - ευμα n. `nightquarters' (Plb.), - ευτής m. `nightly hunter' (Pl.), - ευτικός `useful in nightly hunt' (X.); 3. νυκτέριος `nightly' (Aret., Luc.), τὰ νυκτέρεια = ἡ νυκτερεία (Eun.); 4. νυκτερινός `id.' (IA.) with νυκτερινία or - εία f. `direction of night watch' (Ephesos Ip; wr. - ηα); 5. νυκτερήσιος `id.' (Luc., S. E.; for - ίσιος?, s. Fraenkel 2, 151, n. 1 a. below). -- Further the rare νύκτιος `nightly' (AP), νυκτῳ̃ον n. `temple of the night' (Luc.), after μητρῳ̃ον a. o., Νυκτεύς m. PN (Apollod., prob. shortname; Bosshardt 125 f.). -- On itself stands with λ-sufflx νυκτάλωψ, s. v. But νυκτέλιος adjunct of Dionysos (AP, Plu., Paus.) haplologically for *νυκτι-τέλιος as hypostasis of νύξ and τέλος ( τελέω), cf. νυκτελεῖν ἐν νυκτὶ τελεῖν H. and Schwyzer 483.Etymology: Old inherited word for `night', in most IE languages retained: Lat. nox, gen. pl. nocti-um, Germ., e.g. Goth. nahts, Skt. nák, acc. nákt-am (as adv.), Lith. naktìs, gen. pl. nakt-ų̄, Slav., e.g. OCS noštь etc., all from IE * nokt-; the i-stem in Lat. nocti-um, Lith. nakt-ìs, OCS nošt-ь etc. comes from innovations of the separate languages. The deviating υ in νύξ is often explained as reduced grade e.g. by Brugmann (e.g. Grundr.2II: 1,435), who sees in it the reflex of a following labiovelar; basis then * nokʷt-, what is confirmed by Hitt. nekuz (gen. sg.) from IE * nekʷt-s. Diff. W. Petersen AmJPh. 56, 56f. (υ after *λύξ in ἀμφι-λύκ-η etc.); Sapir Lang. 14, 274 (υ from a laryngal, which is certainly wrong); diff. still H. Petersson LUÅ, NF 11: 5, 12 f. (rejected by imself Heteroklisie 122 f.). -- The pregr. existence of the r-stem in νύκτωρ (formation like ὕδωρ?; Schwyzer 519 a. n. 4) etc. is proven by Lat. nocturnus; the further formation of the adjectives goes partly parallel to the derivv. from ἦμαρ, ἡμέρα: νυκτερινός: ἡμερινός, νυκτέριος: ἡμέριος, νυκτερήσιος: ἡμερήσιος (s.v.); also νυκτερεύω: ἡμερεύω. Diff., hardly correct on νύκτερος Szemerényi Glotta 38, 120: innovation after ἕσπερος. An i-stem, alternating with the r-stem, is supposed by Benveniste Origines 81 with doubtful right in the 1. member νυκτι--; cf. above. -- The aspirated and t-less form in νύχα νύκτωρ H., ἔν-νυχ-ος, - ιος, εἰνά-νυχ-ες, `nine nights long', νύχιος etc. is attested only for Greek; a convincing explanation has not yet been given; s. the lit. in W.-Hofmann s. nox (with many details) and WP. 2, 338; also Specht Ursprung 220 and Austin Lang. 18, 24 (with Belardi Doxa 3, 215). On - νυχ- as 2. member also Sommer Nominalkomp. 64 f.Page in Frisk: 2, 327Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > νυκτός
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8 πρέσβυς
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `the old, aged one' (poet. Pi., trag.), `president' (Sparta); pl. πρέσβεις most `ambassador, messenger' (Att., Dor. inscr.); besides πρεσβ-ῆες (Hes. Sc. 245), - εῦσιν (Lyc.), du. -ῆ (Att.); cf. below on πρεσβεύω.Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in πρεσβυ-γενής `first-born' (A 249 a.o.).Derivatives: 1. Comp. forms: πρεσβύ-τερος (with - τέριον `council of elders' [N.T.]), - τατος `old, venerable, the eldest, most venerable' (Il.); also πρέσβιστος `most venerable' (h. Hom., A., S. a.o.) after κράτιστος, κύδιστος, with the cross πρεσβίστ-ατος (Nic.). 2. Feminins: πρέσβα ( θεά) `the venerable', of Hera a.o. (ep. Il.), after πότνα ( θεά)?; πρέσβεα ( μήτηρ; poet. inscr. from Caria II-Ia), metr. cond.; πρέσβειρα ( θεῶν a.o.; h. Ven. etc.), after πίειρα, - άνειρα a.o.; πρεσβηΐς ( τιμή h. Hom.), after βασιληΐς a.o., cf. πρεσβῆες above. 3. πρεσβ-ήϊον n. `gift of honour' (Θ 289), - εῖον `privilege (of age)' (Att., hell.). 4. - εία f. `right, privilege (of age)' (A., Pl.), usu. `embassy' (Att.; to πρεσβεύω). 5. πρεσβύ̄της m. `the old, aged one', enlargement of πρέσβυς after πολίτης a.o. (not with Fraenkel Glotta 34, 301 ff. innovation to πρεσβῦτις; IA.) with f. - ῦτις, adj. - υτικός `senile' (Att. etc.). 6. πρεσβῠ́της, - ητος f., Dor. - τας. - τατος `(higher) age' (inscr. Messene Ia [completed] a.o.; after νεότης). 7. πρέσβις f. `age, rank', only in κατὰ πρέσβιν (h. Merc., Pl. a.o.); after κατὰ τάξιν a.o. 8. πρέσβος n. `(object of) veneration', after κῦδος, κράτος a.o. 9. πρεσβ-εύω `to be the eldest, to have precedence, to be ambassador', trans. `to attend, venerate like a πρέσβυς', midd. `to send ambassadors', also w. παρα-, συν-, ἀπο- a.o., with - ευτής m. `ambassador, messenger' (Att.; as singulative to πρέσβεις). - ευτικός, - εύτειρα, - ευτεύω, - ευμα, - ευσις; partly also πρεσβεία (s. ab. 4) and, as backformation, πρεσβεῦσιν dat. pl. (Lyc.; s. ab.; cf. Bosshardt 63). -- 10. Shortnames like Πρέσβων (to πρέσβειρα after πέπειρα: πέπων? Fraenkel KZ 43, 216 n.2). Πρέσβος a.o., s. Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 385. -- On the diff. writings and formations s. Lejeune Mém. de phil. myc. 239ff.Etymology: Beside the above forms stand in Doric, esp. in Crete, and in Northwestgr. several byforms with γ for β and changing initial syllable: πρεῖγυς, πρείγιστος with comp. πρείγων, πρειγ-εύω with - ευτάς, -ήϊα, - εία; also πρείγα f. `council of elders' (Locris); πρεσγευτάς, πρεγγ-; later πρήγιστος with (Cos) - ιστεύω; πρεσγέα = πρεσβεία (Argos), πρισγε(ι)ες (Boeot.); also σπέργυς πρέσβυς and πέργουν πρέσβεις H. Common basis prob. πρεσγ- (with voiced σ; cf. πρεζβευτάς Delphi); from there through phonetical, in detail uncertain developments the other forms, s. Schwyzer 276, Seiler Steigerungsformen 59, Thumb-Kieckers 158, Kapsomenos Glotta 40, 46ff., Masson Glotta 41, 65ff., Lejeune l.c. (with rejection of Mycenaean interpretations). -- From the interchange β: γ follows an orig. IE labiovelar gʷ; the preceding syllable, prob. to be taken as the 1. member of a compound, contains as is generally assumed a frozen adverb πρές `in front' (s. πρός). The final syllable resp. the final member is debated. By Bezzenberger BB 4, 345, Bloomfield AmJPh 29, 79 ff. compared with Skt. puro-gavá- `leader', of which the 2. member is derived both from gaúḥ = βοῦς (so prop. *"leading bull"), as, and on better grounds, from a word for `go' (in βαίνω, βῆναι resp. Skt. jávate `run') (so prop. *"who goes in fromt"). Thus a.o. Fraenkel Glotta 32, 17 u. 34, 301 ff., who wants to explain also Lith. žmogùs `man' in this way (prop. "going on earth"; s. also Wb. s.v. w. lit.); on the Skt. word esp Mayrhofer s. puráḥ. -- Very temptong is the connection with Arm. erēc̣, gen. eric̣u `elder, priest' (Meillet in Lejeune op. cit. 240 n. 9), of which the ē prob. continues a diphthong ei or oi (IE * preisgʷu-?) and usu. connected with Lat. prīscus. Cf. on μεσσηγύς: the second member continues a root * gʷeu-, a variant of * gʷem-.Page in Frisk: 2,592-593Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πρέσβυς
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9 κρύπτ'
κρύπτα, κρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc voc sgκρύπτα, κρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc nom sg (epic)κρύπται, κρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc nom /voc plκρύπτᾱͅ, κρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc dat sg (doric aeolic)κρύπτε, κρύπτωhide: pres imperat act 2nd sgκρύπτε, κρύπτωhide: imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic) -
10 κρύπτα
κρύπτᾱ, κρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc nom /voc /acc dualκρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc voc sgκρύπτᾱ, κρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc gen sg (doric aeolic)κρύπτηςmember of the Spartan: masc nom sg (epic) -
11 μέλος
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `member', in older lit. only pl. `limbs' (Il.; cf. Wackernagel Syntax 1, 88), `(organized) tune, song, melody' (h. Hom. 19, 16, Thgn., Pi., IA.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. λυσι-μελής `limb-relaxing' (Od.), also with allusion to the μελεδήματα υ 57; s. Risch Eumusia. Festschr. Howald (1947) 87 f.; μελο-ποιός `poet of songs' with - έω, - ία (Att.), μελεσί-πτερος `with singing wings', of a cicada (AP; after the types ἑλκεσί-πεπλος, Schwyzer 443 f.).Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: μελύδριον `small song' (Ar., Theoc.), pl. - ια `poor limbs' (M. Ant.); μελίσκ(ι)ον `id.' (Alcm., Antiph.), s. Chantrame Form. 73 a. 406. 2. Adj. μελικός `lyric' (D. H., Plu.). 3. Adv. μεληδόν `part by part' (Poseidon.); on μελ(ε)ϊστί s. below. -- 4. Verbs: A. μελίζω 1. `analyse', also with δια-, ἐκ-, ἀπο- (Pherecyd. Hist., LXX). 2. `sing, sing of', also with δια-, ἀντι-(Pi., A., Theoc.). Further μελισμός ( δια-) `analysis' (Plu.), `song' (Str.), μέλισμα `song, melody' (Theoc., AP); μελικτάς (Theoc., Mosch.), - ιστής ( Anacreont.) `flute-player'; μελιστί `limb for limb' (J.), older form μελεϊστί (Hom.), prob. from *μελεΐζω, s. Bechtel Lex. s.v., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 250, Risch 310; cf. Schwyzer 440 w. n. 10, 623. -- B. μελεάζω `execute a recitative' (Nicom. Harm.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: On the double meaning `member' and `tune, song' cf. Ir. alt `member' and `poem' (s. also Diehl RhM 89, 88 a. 92 f.). I the sense of `member' μέλος has been replaced by synonymous terms like κῶλον, ἄρθρον. -- To judge by the structure old (cf. ἕδος, ἔπος, γένος a. o.). μέλος does not have an immediate agreement. Possible is however (with Fick. 2, 215) the comparison with a Celtic wor for `knuckle', Bret. mell, Corn. mal, pl. mellow, to which also Welsh cym-mal `articulus, iunctura, commissura', which can go back on PCelt. * melsā and relates then to μέλος as e.g. Skt. vats-á- `calf' to Ϝέτος `year' (s. v.). A velar enlargement has been supposed in Toch. AB mälk- `piece together, join', also in Hitt. malk- `implicate, twist together (?)' (v. Windekens Lex. étym. s.v. and Kronasser Studies Whatmough 121). -- Diff., certainly not better, Szemerényi AmJPh 72, 346ff.: to μολεῖν, μέλλω etc. -- Skt. márman- n. `weak (deathly?) place of the body' and Balt., e.g. Lith. melmuõ `cross(?) of the body, backbone', pl. mélmenys `meat parts surrounding the kidneys', (Fick 1, 109 a. 2, 215), must be rejected; s. Porzig IF 42, 254f. and Fraenkel IF 59, 153ff (Wb. s. mélmenys). Very doubtful Koller, Glotta 43 (1965)24-38.Page in Frisk: 2,203-204Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μέλος
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12 στρέφω
στρέφω, - ομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to twist, to turn', intr. a. midd. `to twist, turn, to run (Il.).Other forms: Dor. στράφω? (Nisyros IIIa; quite doubtful), Aeol. στρόφω (EM), aor. στρέψαι, - ασθαι (Il.), Dor. ἀπο-στράψαι (Delph.), pass. στρεφθῆναι (Hom. [intr.], rarely Att.), Dor. στραφθῆναι (Sophr., Theoc.), στραφῆναι (Hdt., Sol., Att.), ἀν-εστρέφησαν (young Lac. a.o., Thumb. Scherer 2, 42), fut. στρέψω (E. etc.), perf. midd. ἔστραμμαι (h. Merc.), hell. also ἐστρεμμένος (Mayser Pap.I: 2, 196), act. ἔστροφα (hell.), also ἔστραφα (Plb.).Derivatives: A. With ε-vowel: 1. στρεπ-τός `twisted, flexible' (Il.), m. `necklace, curl etc.' (IA.) with - άριον (Paul Aeg.). 2. - τικός ( ἐπι-, μετα- a.o.) `serving to twist' (Pl. a.o.). 3. - τήρ m. `door-hinge' (AP). 4. στρέμμα ( περι-, διά- a.o) n. `twist, strain' (D., medic. a.o.), σύ- στρέφω `ball, swelling, round drop, heap, congregation etc.' (Hp., Arist., hell. a. late). 5. στρέψ-ις ( ἐπι-) f. `the turning, turn' (Hp., Arist.) with - αῖος, PN - ιάδης. 6. στρεπτ-ίνδα. adv. kind of play (Poll.). 7. ἐπιστρεφ-ής `turning to (something), attentive' (IA.) witf - εια f. (pap. IIIp). -- B. With o-ablaut: 1. στρόφος m. `band, cord, cable' (Od.), `gripes' (Ar., medic.); as 2. member e.g. εὔ ( ἐΰ-)στροφος = στρέφω - στρεφής `well-twisted, easy to twist, to bend', (Ν599 = 711, E., Pl. etc.) with - φία f. `flexibility' (hell. a. late); from the prefixcompp. e.g. ἀντίστροφ-ος `turned face to face, according' (Att. etc.: ἀντι-στρέφω). From it στρόφ-ιον n. `breast-, head-band' (com., inscr. a.o.), - ίς ( περι- a. o.) f. `id.' (E. a.o.), - ίολος m. `edge, border' (Hero), - ώδης `causing gripes' (Hp. a.o.), - ωτός `provided with pivots' (LXX), - ωμα n. `pivot, door-hinge' with - ωμάτιον (hell.), - ωτήρ m. `oar' (gloss.), - όομαι `to have gripes' (medic. a.o.), ἐκστροφῶσαι H. s. ἐξαγκυρῶσαι την θύραν, - έω `to cause gripes' (Ar.); as 2. member e.g. in οἰακοστροφ-έω `to turn the rudder' (A.) from οἰακο-στρόφος (Pi., A. a..). 2. στροφή ( ἐπι-, κατα- etc.) f. `the twisting, turning around etc.' (IA.) with - αῖος surn. of Hermes (Ar. Pl. 1153; as door-waiter cf. στρο-φεύς] referring to his dexterity [cf. στρόφις). From στροφή or στρόφος: 3. στρόφ-ις m. `clever person, sly guy' (Ar., Poll.). 4. - άς f. `turning' (S. in lyr., Arat. a.o.), - άδες νῆσοι (Str. a.o.). 5. - εῖον m. `winch, cable etc.' (hell. a. late). 6. - εύς m. `door-hinge, cervical vertebra' (Ar., Thphr. a.o.; Bosshardt 47). 7. - ιγξ m. (f.) `pivot, door-hinge' (E., com. etc.). 8. - στροφάδην (only with ἐπι-, περι- a.o.) `to turn around' (ep. Ion.). 9. With λ-enlargement: στρόφ-αλος m. `top' (V--VIp); - άλιγξ f. `vertebra, curve etc.' (ep. Il.), - αλίζω `to turn, to spin' (o 315, AP). -- C. With lengthened grade: iter. intens. στρωφ-άω, - άομαι ( ἐπι-, μετα- a.o.) `to turn to and fro, to linger' (ep. Ion. poet. Il.), - έομαι `to turn' (Aret.). -- D. With zero grade: ἐπιστραφ-ής = ἐπιστρεφ-ής (s. ab.; late). PN Στραψι-μένης (Dor.). -- E. As 1. member a.o. in στρεφε-δίνηθεν aor. pass. 3. pl. `they turned around, swindled' (H 792; after it in act. Q. S. 13, 7), prob. combination of στρέφομαι and δινέομαι (Schwyzer 645 w. n. 1 a. lit.); for it with nominal 1. member στροφο-δινοῦνται (A. Ag. 51 [anap.]); στρεψο-δικέω `to twist the right' (Ar.) beside στρεψί-μαλλος `twisting the wool-flakes' = `with frizzly wool' (Ar.); cf. Schwyzer 442.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The above strongly productive group of words can because of its regular system and extension not be very old. On the other hand there is nothing in it, that could point to loans. So an inherited word of recent date with unknown prehistory and without helpful non-Greek agreements (quite doubtful Lat. [Umbr.] strebula pl. n. `the meat on the haunches of sacricial animals'; on this W.-Hofmann s. v.). A (popular) byform with β is maintained in στρεβλός (s. v.), στρόβιλος, στραβός [this is improbable to me] -- Through στρέφω a. cogn. older words for `turn etc.', e.g. εἰλέω, εἰλύω and σπερ- in σπεῖρα, σπάρτον etc. were partly pushed aside or replaced.Page in Frisk: 2,808-809Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > στρέφω
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13 εκκλησιαστά
ἐκκλησιαστά̱, ἐκκλησιαστήςmember of the: masc nom /voc /acc dualἐκκλησιαστήςmember of the: masc voc sgἐκκλησιαστήςmember of the: masc nom sg (epic) -
14 ἐκκλησιαστά
ἐκκλησιαστά̱, ἐκκλησιαστήςmember of the: masc nom /voc /acc dualἐκκλησιαστήςmember of the: masc voc sgἐκκλησιαστήςmember of the: masc nom sg (epic) -
15 μονογενή
μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric) -
16 μονογενῆ
μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric) -
17 μουνογενή
μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric ionic)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric ionic aeolic)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric ionic) -
18 μουνογενῆ
μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric ionic)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric ionic aeolic)μονογενήςthe only member of a kin: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric ionic) -
19 ολιγαρχήσει
ὀλιγαρχέωto be a member of an oligarchy: aor subj act 3rd sg (epic)ὀλιγαρχέωto be a member of an oligarchy: fut ind mid 2nd sgὀλιγαρχέωto be a member of an oligarchy: fut ind act 3rd sg -
20 ὀλιγαρχήσει
ὀλιγαρχέωto be a member of an oligarchy: aor subj act 3rd sg (epic)ὀλιγαρχέωto be a member of an oligarchy: fut ind mid 2nd sgὀλιγαρχέωto be a member of an oligarchy: fut ind act 3rd sg
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