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1 ὄργυια
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `fathom' (Ψ 327).Compounds: As 2. member beside regelar and usual - όργυιος (λ 312) also δεκ-ώρυγος `ten fathoms long' a.o. (X. Kyn. 2,5) with comp. length. and remarkable metathesis (cf. - ώνυμος).Derivatives: ὀργυι-αῖος (AP), - όεις (Nic.), `a fathom long or wide', - όομαι in ( δι-, περι-)ωργυιωμένος `outstretched (a fathom wide)' (Ctes., Hipparch., Lyc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Subst. ptc. without reuplucation like ἄγυια, ἅρπυια (s. vv. w. lit.) a.o., from ὀρέγω (- ομαι? Fraenkel Glotta 32, 18) `stretch (the arms)' with vowel syncope conditioned by the oxytonesis (or ablaut): ὀρόγυια (assim. from *ὀρέγυια?): ὀργυιᾶς, - αί; s. Schwyzer 255f., 381 a. 474 w. lit., also (on the meaning) 541 n. 5. Older lit. in Bq and WP. 2, 363. - The explanation as a perfect ptc. is rather difficult, both formally and semantic; for the old interpretation see Beekes Devel. 27f. Also the supposed archaic ablaut ὄργυια - ὀρόγυια is problematic; rather one thinks the o was anaptyctic, as Chantraine says in DELG ("semble secondaire"); anaptyxis is frequent in Pre-Greek (Furnée 378-385, esp. 381f.). The enaptyxis could also take the form - ορυγ- [from Pre-Greek *αρυγ-?], which explains the compound form - ωρυγ-, and the transition to - υος (Chantraine). Now that ἄγυια has proved to be a Pre-Greek word, this must also be assumed for our word. (Not in Furnée.)Page in Frisk: 2,412Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὄργυια
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2 στῦλος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `column, pillar, support' (Dor. Ion., trag., hell. a. late), also = Lat. stilus (late; cf. Sempoux Rev. belge de phil. 39, 736ff.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. στυλο-βάτης, Dor. -τᾱς m. `foot of a doric column', compound of στῦλος and βῆ-ναι with τᾱ-suffix (Dor. inscr., Pl. Com. a.o.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 34 a. 200f.), τετρά-στυλος `consisting of four columns', - ον n. `colonnade of four columns' (inscr. a. pap. Rom. empire a.o.).Derivatives: 1. Dimin.: στυλ-ίς f. (Att. inscr. a.o.), - ίσκος m. (Hp., hell. a. late), - ίδιον n. (Str.), - άριον n. (pap. IIIp). 2. - ίτης m. `standing on one column, stylite' (Suid.; Redard 27), f. - ίτισσα (Amasia; after Φοίνισσα, βασίλισσα a.o.). 3. Denom. verbs: - όω (also ὑπο-, δια-, ἀπο-) `to support with columns' (hell. a. late) with ( ὑπο-)στύλ-ωμα, - ωσις (hell. a. late); - ίζω meaning uncertain (Ostr.) with ὑποστυλ-ισμός `support' (pap. IIp).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Beside στῦ-λος stands in Indoiran. Av. stū̆-na- m., stu-nā f., Skt. sthū-ṇā f. (on ṇ Mayrhofer Mél. d'indianisme [Paris 1968] 509 f.) `pillar' with suffixal l-n-variation (Benveniste Origines 43); the basic verb is in Greek represented by στύω (s. v.). Here also with diff. ablaut σταυρός and στοά (s. vv.). Cf. further στύπος. -- The length of the vowel is rather difficult with the proposed etymology; I rather suspect that the word is of Pre-Greek originPage in Frisk: 2,813Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > στῦλος
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3 αἶσχος
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `shame, ugliness, pl. `disgraceful deeds' (Il.).Derivatives: With ro- resp. u-stem αἰσχρός `dishonouring, ugly' and αἰσχύνω `dishonour' Med. `be ashamed' (Il.), Αἰσχύλος.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Compared with Goth. aiwiski n. ` αἰσχύνη', which requires rather difficult forms: αἶσχος \< *aiguzghos \< * aigʷʰs-kos, aiwiski \< * aigʷʰes-ki-om); the addition of - ko-, - ki- after an s-stem is strange (on the Gothic word Mezger KZ 79, 1960, 40). The words will have nothing to do with each other. De Lamberterie, Adj. en υς 835-840, compares αἴδομαι * aid-sk-; semantically not easy.Page in Frisk: 1,46-47Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > αἶσχος
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4 μουσ̃α
μουσ̃αGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `Muse', Goddess of song and poetry (usu. in plur.), also metaphor. `song, music, poetry' (IA., Il.)Compounds: Many compp., e.g. μουσ-ηγέτης, Aeol. μοισ-αγέτας m. `who leads (the) Muses' = Apollon (Pi., Att.; Chantraine Études 88 f.), ἄ-μουσος `without Muses, unformed etc.' (IA.) with ἀμουσ-ία `lack of education' (E., Pl.).Derivatives: A. Subst. 1. μουσ-εῖον `seat of the Muses, school for higher education, Museum' (Att.), Lat. mūsēum, - īum, also `sculpture of motley stones, mosaic'; from there late Gr. μουσῖον `id.' (W-.Hofmann s.v. w. lit.). -- 2. Μουσα-ϊσταί m. pl. `guild of adorers of the Muses' (Rhod.; as Έρμαϊσταί a.o., Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 177). -- 3. μούσωνες οἱ κορυφαῖοι τῶν μαγείρων, καὶ οἱ τεχνῖται H.; "to whom the Muses go at heart ", with Μουσώνιος, - ία (if not Etrusc.; Solmsen Wortforsch. 49). -- 4. μουσάριον name of an eye-salve (Alex. Trall.). -- B. Adj. 1. μουσικός `of the Muses-, musical, well educated' with μουσική ( τέχνη) `music, poetry, mental formation' (Pi., IA.; Chantraine Études [s. Index]), - ικεύομαι `cultivate music ' (Duris, S. E., sch.). -- 2. μοισ-αῖος `regarding the Muses' (Pi.). -- 3. μούσ-ειος `id.' (E., AP). -- C. Verbs: 1. μουσόομαι `be led and educated by the Muses, be formed harmonically' (Ar., Phld., Plu.), - όω `endow with music' (Ph.; ἐκ- μουσ̃α E. Ba. 825. κατα- μουσ̃α Jul.), `ornate with mosaics' (Tralles) with μουσωτής `mosaic-worker' (Syria VIp); prob. backformation to μουσῖον (s. above). -- 2. μουσ-ίζομαι (E.), - ίσδω (Theoc.) `sing, play' with μουσικτάς ψάλτης, τεχνίτης H. -- 3. μουσ-ιάζω `id.' (Phld.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: As the original, appellative meaning of μοῦσα is unknown and the antique traditions on the Muses do not allow certain conclusions on the name (cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 250 f., Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 253 ff.), we only can make guesses about the etymology. -- It may be a formed with -ι̯α to a noun with possible bases *μόντι̯α, *μόνθι̯α. The explanations often connect μένος, μέμονα etc.: from *μόν-τι̯α (Brugmann IF 3, 253ff.), morpholog. difficult, s. Wackernagel KZ 33, 571 ff. (= Kl. Schr. 2, 1204ff.); from *μόν-σα (Lasso de la Vega Emer. 22, 66 ff. with extensive treatment and criticism of predecessors), phonet. difficult; from *μόνθ-ι̯α to μενθήρη, μανθάνω (Ehrlich KZ 41, 287 ff. with further, in eny case wrong connection of Skt. mán-thati `stir'); so μοῦσα prop. "mental excitement"; rejected by Meillet Les dial. indoeur. (Paris 1908) 83, but carefully agreeing Kretschmer Glotta 1, 385; from *μῶ-ντ-ι̯α \> *μόντ-ι̯α, ptc. of μῶσθαι supposedly `meditate', but rather `strive, aim' (Fick KZ 46, 82 with Pl. Kra. 406 a); against this WP. 2, 271; from *μόντ-ι̯α as "mountain-woman, mountain-nymph" (Wackernagel l.c.); but Lat. mons is not found in Greek; rejected a.o. by W.-Hofmann s. mōns. -- Older views in Curtius 312. - Not in Fur. It is rather strange that all explanations start from the assumption that the word is IE, whereas it can quite well be of Pre-Greek origin. Does it continue *monty-a?Page in Frisk: 2,260-261Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μουσ̃α
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5 ὑποδύσκολος
ὑποδύσκολος, ον,A rather awkward or difficult: σημεῖον ὑ. a rather troublesome symptom, Hp.Coac. 185; ὑποδύσκολόν [ἐστι] Eust.219.23. Adv.- λως
rather irritably,Id.
360.17.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὑποδύσκολος
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6 οἷος
A such as, of what sort, relat. and indirect interrog. Pron., correl. to direct interrog. ποῖος, indef. ποιός, demonstr. τοῖος :ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε Il.24.630
;ὁσσάτιόν τε καὶ οἷον 5.758
: c. acc., οἶδ' ἀρετὴν οἷός ἐσσι what a man for valour, 13.275 : freq. to be rendered by an Adv., οἷος πόλεμόνδε μέτεισι as he rushes into war, ib. 298, etc.:—Usage:I οἷος in an independent sentence as an exclam. of astonishment,ὢ πόποι.., οἷον ἔειπες Il.7.455
; οἷ. τὸ πῦρ what a fire is this ! A.Ag. 1256, cf. Pers. 733, al. ;οἷ. εἰργάσασθε Pl.R. 450a
;οἷ. ἄνδρα λέγεις ἐν κινδύνῳ εἶναι Id.Tht. 142b
;οἷα ποιεῖς Id.Euthphr. 15e
, etc.: so in neut. as Adv., v. infr. v. 1.2 in indirect sentences, S.OT 624, 1402, 1488, etc. ;ὁρᾶτε δὴ ἐν οἵῳ ἐστέ X.Cyr.3.2.12
;ὁρῶν ἐν οἵοις ἐσμέν Id.An.3.1.15
.II more freq. as relat. to a demonstr. τοῖος, τοιόσδε, τοιοῦτος, or to ὁ, ὅδε, asτῷ ἴκελον, οἷόν ποτε Δαίδαλος ἤσκησεν Il.18.591
;θέαμα τοιοῦτον οἷ. καὶ στυγοῦντ' ἐποικτίσαι S.OT 1296
: but the demonstr. Pron. is freq. omitted,οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ' οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν Il.11.669
, etc. ; οἷ. καὶ Πάρις.. ᾔσχυνε like as Paris also.., A.Ag. 399 (lyr.), cf. Pers.21, al.: with δή added, τοιόνδ', οἷ. δὴ σύ such as you surely are, Il.24.376, v. infr. v. 2 : with περ added,οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν
just such as..,6.146
, cf. A.Ag. 607, 1046, X.Cyr.1.6.19 : very freq. with τε added (this οἷός τε must be distd. from οἷός τε c. inf., v. infr. 111.2),οἷός τε πελώριος ἔρχεται Ἄρης Il.7.208
, cf. 17.157, Od.7.106, etc. ;οἷός που 20.35
: οἷός τις, οἷόν τι generalizes a Comparison, the sort of person who.., thing which.., Il.5.638, Od.9.348 ; οἶσθα εἰς οἷόν τινα κίνδυνον ἔρχει.. ; Pl.Prt. 313a ; with attraction of οἷος to the case of its antecedent (which may follow instead of preceding),οἵοις περ σὺ χρώμενοι συμβούλοις D.24.185
; and with further attraction of the subject of the relat. clause, οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας.., οἷον Πειρίθοον (for οἷος Πειρίθοος) Il.1.263 ;πρὸς ἄνδρας τολμηρούς, οἵους καὶ Ἀθηναίους Th.7.21
, cf. X.Mem.2.9.3 ;περὶ τοῦ τοιούτου.., οἵου τοῦ ἑνός Pl.Prm. 161b
.2 οἷος, οἵα, οἷον freq. introduce an 'indirect exclamation', giving the reason for what precedes, ἄνακτα χόλος λάβεν, οἷον ἄκουσε because of what he heard, Il.6.166, cf. Od.17.479 ; ἐμακάριζοντὴν μητέρα οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησε Hdt.1.31
; ;τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ τύχην [ἀπέκλαον], οἵου ἀνδρὸς.. ἐστερημένος εἴην Pl.Phd. 117c
, cf. S.OT 701.3 sts. in Hom. οἷος introduces the reason for saying what is said,ὠκύμορος.. ἔσσεαι, οἷ' ἀγορεύεις Il.18.95
, cf. Od.4.611 ;αἲ γάρ με θυμὸς ἀνείη ὤμ' ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι, οἷα ἔοργας Il.22.347
.4 οἷα δὴ εἴπας saying so and so, Hdt.1.86 (cf.ὅσος 111.2
): later with other Particles, v. infr. VI.5 οὐδὲν οἷον.. there's nothing like.., ἀλλ' οὐδὲν οἷ. ἐστ' ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν there's nothing like hearing the verses, Ar.Av. 966, cf. Lys. 135 ;οὐδὲν γὰρ οἷ. ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ τοῦ νόμου D.21.46
, cf. Pl.Grg. 447c, 481b, X.Oec.3.14.6 never used like Adv. οἷον (infr. V. I) with an Adj. = how, for in Il.11.653, οἶσθα.. οἷ. ἐκεῖνος δεινὸς ἀνήρ = what manner of man, namely dread, cf. 15.94, 21.108, Od.19.493, etc.7 as indef., a sort or kind of.., ὁ δ' ἕτερος οἷός ἐστιν οἰκουρὸς μόνον only a kind of watch-dog, Ar.V. 970 ; so with Adj., ἀφόρητος οἷος.. κρυμός of an intolerable kind, Hdt.4.28 ; θαυμαστὸς οἷος of a wonderful nature, Luc.Zeux.6 ; οἷος ἔμπειρος πολέμου rather skilled in war, D.2.18 ; οἷον τετανότριχα rather straight-haired, Pl.Euthphr.2b ; freq. with [comp] Sup., χωρίον οἷον χαλεπώτατον country of a very difficult kind, X.An.4.8.2, cf. Ar.Eq. 978, Ach. 384, Pl.Ap. 23a ;ἀνὴρ οἷος κράτιστος Arist.EN 1165b27
;κόλπος οἷος βαθύτατος Ael.NA14.26
: in some of these passages with [comp] Sup. it is possible to take οἷος as relat., supplying δυνατόν, cf.ξύμμαχος ἔσομαι οἷος ἂν δύνωμαι ἄριστος IG12.39.28
.III οἷος c. inf. implies fitness or ability for a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδειν fit for watering, X.An.2.3.13, cf. Pl.Grg. 487d ; οἷοι φιλεῖν, μισεῖν, etc., D.25.2, etc.: freq. with τοιοῦτος expressed,τοιοῦτός τις οἷ. διαπονεῖσθαι Pl. Cra. 395a
, cf. R. 415e ; τὸ πρᾶγμα μέγα.. καὶ μὴ οἷ. νεωτέρῳ βουλεύσασθαι not proper for a young man to advise upon, Th.6.12 : without inf.,λόγους οἵους εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια Pl.Euthd. 272a
.b οἷός εἰμι I intend,ἐβιάζετο.. καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύραν Lys.Fr. 159
S., cf. D. 4.9, al., Is.8.21 ; οἷος ἦν κατεσθίειν was on the point of eating, Antig. Car. ap. Ath.7.345d.2 more freq. οἷός τε c. inf., fit or able to do,λιποίμην οἷός τ'.. ἀέθλια κάλ' ἀνελέσθαι Od.21.117
(preceded by τοῖον ib. 173), Hdt.1.29, 67,91 ;λέγειν οἷός τε κἀγώ Ar.Eq. 343
, cf. Th.3.16, Isoc.8.69, etc. ; inclined to.., Plb.3.90.5, J.AJ4.6.3 : most freq. in neut. sg. and pl., οἷόν τε [ἐστί] it is possible to.., Th.1.80, etc. ;οἷά τε [ἐστί] Hdt.1.194
, etc. ; a dat. is sts. added,μὴ οἷόν τε εἶναι ἐμοὶ κωλῦσαι Th.7.14
.3 without inf., : but mostly in neut., οἷόν τε [ἐστίν] it is possible, Isoc.9.9 ;οὐχ οἷόν τε ἐστίν Ar.Nu. 198
, etc.: with [comp] Sup.,καλὸν ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα Pl.Prt. 349e
;ὡς οἷόν τε σμικρότατα Id.Prm. 144b
;ὡς οἷόν τε διὰ βραχυτάτων Id.Grg. 449d
: without [comp] Sup.,φρίττειν.. ποιεῖ ὡς οἷόν τε πάντας Id.R. 387c
(dub. l.) ; ὡς οἷόν τε sts. so far as possible, of what cannot be done completely, D.8.75, Arist. Pol. 1313a39, Luc.Im.3.IV sts. twice in the same clause, οἷ' ἔργα δράσας οἷα λαγχάνει κακά after what deeds what sufferings are his ! S.El. 751 ; ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων χάριν ἠνύσω what thanks for what offerings ! Id.Tr. 994, cf. 1045, E.Alc. 144 : so in Prose, X.Cyr.4.5.29, Pl.Smp. 195a.V as Adv. in neut. sg. οἷον, in Poets and [dialect] Ion. Prose also pl. οἷα, how, , cf. Il.5.601, 13.633, 15.287 : also with Adjs., οἷον ἐερσήεις how fresh, 24.419 ; οἷον δὴ Μενέλαον ὑπέτρεσας seeing how thou didst shrink from M., Il.17.587, cf. 21.57. (Regul. Adv. οἵως is rare, as in Hp. Epid.6.7.2, f.l. in Ar.V. 1363 ; οἷος ὢν οἵ. ἔχεις in what a state art thou for such a man! S.Aj. 923 ;οἵως τέ σφ' ἐσάωσα A.R.4.786
.)2 as, just as,οἷον ὅτε.. Il.14.295
: also neut. pl.οἷα, οἷά τις.. ἀηδών A.Ag. 1142
(lyr.), cf. S.Tr. 105 (lyr.), etc.: so οἷά τε in Hom.,οἷά τε ληϊστῆρες Od.3.73
, cf.9.128, Hdt.2.175 : strengthd. by Particles,οἷα δή Th.8.84
, Pl.Smp. 219e, R. 467b ;οἷα δή που Ael.NA1.14
: later a double form occurs,οἷον ὡς.. Demetr.Eloc.94
, Sch.D.T.p.113 H. ;οἷον ὥσπερ.. Phryn.PS p.80
B., dub. in Plu.2.563f.b as for instance, Pl.Sph. 218e, Arist.GC 333a11, etc.; οἷον τί λέγεις ; as for example, what do you mean ? Pl.Tht. 207a, cf. Od.4.271, where οἷον is Adj.c in numerical estimates, about,οἷον δέκα σταδίους Th.4.90
;μῆκος οἷον ἐπὶ δέκα δακτύλους IG22.1457.17
.d οἷον parenthetically prefixed to any word or phrase, as it were, so to speak,οἷον υἱεῖς γνησίους Pl.Phdr. 278a
, cf. Cra. 396a, Arist.HA 532a6, GA 753a33 ;τῶν οἷον προγυμναζομένων M.Ant.6.20
;τοῦ οἷον δόγματος D.L.9.69
; τὴν.. οἷον φάτταν the ring-dove of my parable, Pl.Tht. 199b.e οἷον explanatory, that is to say, τὸ νῦν ῥηθησόμενον, οἷον.. what I am about to mention, viz., Arist.PA 639b6, cf. GC 333a11, al. ; κατὰ τὸ μέσον, οἷον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς διαγωνίων in the middle, i. e. at the intersection of their diagonals, Procl.Hyp.3.16, cf. 22, Hsch. s.v. οἰοφάγῳ, al.4 οὐχ οἷον or μὴ οἷον, folld. by ἀλλ' οὐδέ or ἀλλὰ μηδέ, not only not.., but not even.., Plb. 1.20.12, D.S.3.18, Phld.Rh.2.249 S., etc.VI strengthd. with various Particles, οἷος δή, v. supr. 11.4: [full] οἱοσδήποτε, οἱαδήποτε, οἱονδήποτε, of such and such a kind, Arist.EN 1114b17 ; [full] οἱοσδηποτοῦν, of whatever kind, Hero *Geom.12.30, al., BGU895.28 (ii A. D.), Paul.Aeg. 6.88 ; [full] οἱοσδήπως, OGI521.4 (Abydos, v/vi A. D.) ; [full] οἱοσδητισοῦν, ib.515.16 (Mylasa, iii A. D.) ; [full] οἱοσοῦν, Just.Nov.30.7.1 ; [full] οἱοσποτοῦν, Arist.Top. 146b26 ; [full] οἱοστισοῦν, v. l. in Dsc.2.76.13. [[pron. full] οῐ is found in Il.13.275, Od.7.312 ; and sts. in Trag., as A.Ag. 1256, esp. in the form , OC 262, 803, al.] -
7 μέτρον
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `measure, the right, full measure, goal, length, size, syllable- or verse-measure' (Il.).Compounds: Many compp., e.g. σύμμετρος `with the same measure, maesured, becoming, symmetrical' with συμμετρ-ία `harmony, symmetry' a. o. (IA.); περί-μετρος `exceeding (the measure)' (Od.); but περί-μετρον (Hdt., Arist.), - ος (sc. γραμμή) f. `circumference, extent' after περίοδος a. o. with verbal association ( περι-μετρέω Luc.), s. Risch IF 59, 252.Derivatives: Adj. 1. μέτριος `moderate, suitable' (Hes.) with μετρι-ότης `moderation' (IA.), - οσύνη `poverty' (pap. VIp), - ακός `moderate' (pap. VIp), - άζω `be moderate' (Att. hell.) with - ασμός (Suid.); μετριεύεται H. s. λαγαρίτ-τεται. 2. μετρικός `metrical, acc. to measure' (Arist.). 3. Adv. μετρηδόν `in metrical form' (Nonn.). 4. Verb: μετρέω, very often with prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐπι-, ἐκ-, ἀπο-, συν-, `measure, measure (off), estimate etc.' (Hom.); from this (often with prefix) μέτρ-ησις `measurement' (IA.)., - ημα `measure' (E., hell.), - ητής m. "measurer", name of a measure, `metretes' (Att.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 233), - ητίς f. `id.' (Amorgos IVa), - ητιαῖος `sticking to a μ.' (Karyanda), - ητικός `regarding measurement' (Pl.). As 2. member in several verbal cornpp., e.g. γεω-μέτρης m. `land-, fieldmeasurer, geometrist' (Pl., X.) with γεωμετρ-ία, Ion. - ίη (Hdt., Ar.; also compound of γῆν μετρεῖν?), - ικός (Democr., Pl.), - έω (Att.), βου-μέτρης "cowmeasurer" = ὁ ἐπι θυσιῶν τεταγμένος παρὰ Αἰτωλοῖς H.; cf. E. Kretschmer Glotta 18, 86. -- Backformations like διάμετρος (sc. γραμμή) f. `diameter, diagonal etc.' (Pl., Arist.), ἐπίμετρον `excess, addition' (hell.).Etymology: Beside μέτρον we have with the same suffix but diff. ablaut μήτρα f. `landmeasure etc.' (Cilicia), ἐρεσι-μήτρην την γεωμετρίαν H. (s. ἔρα), which agrees exactly with Skt. mā́trā f. `measure' and goes back on an athematic present, Skt. mā́-ti `measure' (\< IE * meh₁-ti). The shortness of the ε in μέτρον as opposed to Skt. mā́tram n. `id.' finds however no agreement outside Greek; one might think of a thematic vowel after zero grade root μ-έ-τρον (Brugmann, e.g. Grundr.2 II: 1, 342); a reduced grade of IE * meh₁-- (as θέ-(σις) from θη-) is difficult: it would require * mh₁tr- to become (*) μετρ- and not rather *m̥h₁tr- \> μητρ-; in the latter case Prakr. mettam n. `measure' from Skt. * mitram (innovated after mi-ta-?) would give a direct parallel (note that mh₁etr- might rather have givem *m̥h₁etr- \> *αμετρ-); the question has not been solved yet, Beekes Laryngeals 183. I now think that at the beginning of the word the *m- could have remained consonantal. A derivation IE *méd-tro-m from * med- `measure' (not here μέδιμνος, s.v., with de Saussure MSL 6, 246ff.) would have given *μέστρον. -- An other derivation of the same verb is μῆτις, s. v.Page in Frisk: 2,220-221Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μέτρον
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8 μωρός 1
μωρός 1.Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `stupid, obtuse, foolish' (IA.).Other forms: Att. μῶρος (prob. from the voc.; Schwyzer 380 and 383)Compounds: Compp., most late, e.g. μωρο-λόγος `who speaks stupidities' with - λογία, - λογέω, - λόγημα (Arist.), ὑπό-μωρος `rather stupid' (Luc.).Derivatives: μωρία, Ion. - ίη f. `stupidity' (IA.), μωρίαι ἵπποι καὶ βοῦς ὑπὸ Άρκάδων H. (sg. μωρίας m. like ἐρυθ-ρίας a.o.; meaning as NGr. ἄλογο = ἵππος), Μωρίων (Arc. Gramm.; to be rejected Heubeck Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 1, 281: to Μυρίνη etc.). Denominat.: 1. μωραίνω `be stupid, foolish' (A., E., X., Arist.), `play the fool, make foolish', pass. `become insipid' (LXX, NT) with μώραν-σις = μωρία (Sch.). -- 2. μωρόομαι `become insipid (Hp.). -- 3. μωρεύω = μωραίνω (LXX). -- 4. μωρίζω `be stupid' (Gal.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Not well explained. Since Pictet (s. Curtius 338) usually connected with Skt. mūrá- `foolish' (?; rather `erschütterlich = invalid' after Thumb -Hauschild Hb. des Sanskrit I: 1, 271 n.) connected with ablaut ō(u): ū. Brugmann Festschr. Thomsen 6 connects mūrá- with Skt. mū́ka-'dumb' (s. μυκός). With words of this meaning we must reckon with deviations and crosses, which makes the comparison more difficult. -- Lat. LW [loanword] mōrus `mad, silly', s. W. -Hofmann s.v. Ngr. μωρό `nursling' (Andriotis Glotta 25, 17).Page in Frisk: 2,Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μωρός 1
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9 νέομαι
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `(happily) reach (some place), get away, return, get home' (Il.; on the aspect Bloch Suppl. Verba 38ff.); besides νίσομαι (- σσ-), only presentstem except for uncertain or late attestations of a supposed aorist νίσ(σ)ασθαι, often w. prefix. e.g. μετα-, ποτι-, ἀπο-, `drive, go, come' (Il.).Compounds: Also with prefix, esp. ἀπο-.Derivatives: 1. νόστος m. `return, home-coming, (happy) journey' (Il.), also `income, produce' (Trypho ap. Ath. 14, 618d; ἄ-νοστος `without yield' Thphr.); from it νόστιμος `belonging to the return' (Od.), also `giving produce, fruitful, feeding' (Call., Thphr., Plu.), NGr. `plaisant' (Arbenz 20 f., Chantraine Rev. de phil. 67, 129 ff., also Frisk Adj. priv. 8); denominative verb νοστέω, also w. prefix, e. g. ἀπο-, ὑπο-, περι-, `return, come home, jouney in gen.' (ep. poet. Il., also Hdt.) with ἀπο-, ὑπο-, περι-νόστησις f. `return, drawing back etc.' (late). -- 2. Νέστωρ, - ορος m. PN (Il.), litt. "who happily gets somewhere" v.t. conventional name without symbolic content; on the meaning (quite diff.) Palmer Eranos 54, 8 w. n. 4, also Kretschmer Glotta 12, 104f. against Meister HK228; from it Νεστόρεος (Il.; Aeol. for - ιος? Wackernagel Unt. 68f.), - ειος (Pi., E.), νεστορίς, - ίδος f. name of a beaker (Ath. 11, 487f).Etymology: The themat. rootpresent νέομαι, which because of νόσ-τος must stand for *νέσ-ομαι, agrees formally with Germ., e.g. Goth. ga-nisan `heal, be saved', OE ge-nesan `escape, be saved, survive', NHG genesen; semantically the connection between these verbs is, which agree also as to the confective aspect (Bloch Suppl. Verba 39ff.) to each other, immediately clear. Semantically farther off stands the also formally identical Skt. násate `come near, approach, meet smbody, unite'; if the also connected Nā́satyā m., dual. indicating the Aśvins prop. means "Healers, Saviours", it fits well with νέομαι, ga-nisan with the caus. Goth. nasjan `save', OHG nerian `save, heal, feed' (cf. νόστος, - ιμος) etc. Less clear is Alb. knellem `recover, become lively again'; Jokl WienAkSb. 168: 1, 40); non-committal the comparison with Toch. A nasam, B nesau `I am'; quite diff. Pedersen Tocharisch 160 f. (On ναίω `live' s.v.) Cf. also ἄσμενος. -- In νί̄σομαι (false νίσσομαι) one supposes generally a reduplicated *νί-νσ-ομαι; on the phonetical problems (one would have expected *νί̄νομαι) see Brugmann-Thumb 332 and (with diff. explanation) Wackernagel KZ 29,136 (= Kl. Schr. 1, 639) as well as Bechtel Lex. s.v. (s. also Schwyzer 287 and Lasso de la Vega Emer. 22, 91 f.). The usual connection with Skt. níṃsate (\< * ni-ns-) `they kiss, touch with the mouth' (e.g. Brugmann Grundr.1 II: 3, 106) is semantically rather in the air; cf. also Mayrhofer s.v. After Meillet BSL 27, 230 a. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 440 νίσ(σ)ομαι would rather be a desiderative with reduced vowelgrade and inner gemination; phonetically very difficult. -- Further details in WP. 2, 334f., Pok. 766f., Schwyzer 690 w. n. 4.Page in Frisk: 2,Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > νέομαι
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10 ἀνεξέλεγκτος
ἀνεξ-έλεγκτος, ον,A incapable of disproof or criticism, Th.1.21;τὸν λόγον ἀ. ποιεῖν Arist.SE 176b24
; ἀ. μᾶλλον ἢ πιθανήν difficult to disprove rather than credible, D.S.1.40, etc.; ἀ. ἔχει τὸ ἀνδρεῖον leaves their courage without any real test or proof, Th.4.126; unrefu'ed, Gal.15.547. Adv.- τως X.Oec.10.8
, prob. in S.E.M.7.191.2. of persons, not to be convicted, Antipho 2.1.10: of conduct, etc.. blameless, unexceptionable, X.Cyn.13.7, D.25.39, Plu.Pel.4.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀνεξέλεγκτος
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11 ἀγλαός
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `splendid, beautiful, famous' (Il.; υἱός). (The Cretan and Cyprian gloss ἀγλαόν γλαφυρόν is acc. to Leumann Hom. Wörter 272 A. 18 due to misunderstanding of Homeric uses.)Derivatives: ἀγλαΐα `splendour, beauty' (Il.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Prob. from *ἀγλαϜός. Connected with γαλήνη, ἀγάλλομαι (Szemerényi, Syncope 155), or to ἀγανός, ἀγαυός. All very difficult and rather improbable.Page in Frisk: 1,12Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἀγλαός
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12 ἀΐδηλος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: Not quite clear; `hated; annihilating, destructive; unseen' (Il.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: It is difficult to decide what is the primary meaning, but it is rather clear that it is α privativum with ἰδεῖν. Ivanov UCLA Indo-eur. Studies 1, 1999, 283-292 compares Russ. nevidal' and assumes `invisible' \> `strange, dangerous'.Page in Frisk: 1,33Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἀΐδηλος
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13 ἀνθρηδών
ἀνθρηδών, - όνοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `hornet' (D. S.)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: No doubt a substatum word. Beside ἀνθρηδών, ἀνθρήνη we find τενθρηδών f. (Arist.), τενθρήνη (Nik.); τενθρήνιον (Arist.). There are several forms which lack the first nasal: τεθρηνιώδης (Hp.), ἀθρήνη (Suidas etc.) and without red. or ἀ-, θρήνη, (Eust.), θρηνώδης (Democr. ap. Ael.); Winter Proth. Vok. 45. Cf. further θρῶναξ κηφήν. Λάκωνες H. (I know of no other cases with η\/ω). Note also πεμφρηδών f. `a wasp' (Nic.). So we have a root θρη\/ ων- with prothetic vowel or reduplication (cf. κεκρύφαλος, Σίσυφος) and prenasalization; Kuiper FS Kretschmer 221f. For ν\/δ cf. perhaps φληναφάω - φληδῶντα. Πεμφρηδών may show that the word had a labio-velar (Beekes Glotta 73, 1995\/6, 12f.). - There is no ground to assume that τενθρήνη, τενθρηδών are dissimilated from *τερθρ-. Relation with ἀθήρ, ἀνθέριξ is therefore improbable. Not to θρέομαι, θόρυβος. - τεθρηδών πρωρεύς H. rather a joking formation of the sailors' language after the animal names in - ηδών (Chantr. Form. 360f.). A difficult problem is the relation to Germanic and Balto-Slavic words: OS dren, drāno (Germ. Drohne), Lith. trãnas; s. Kuiper l.c. 222.Page in Frisk: 1,110Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἀνθρηδών
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14 ἀρκέω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `avert, defend; suffice' (Il.).Compounds: Often - αρκης: αὐτάρκης `sufficient in oneself'; γυιάρκης `strengthening the limbs' (Pi.) etc. Perhaps ποδάρκης (s.v.).Derivatives: ἄρκος n. `defence' (Alc.) rather deverb. (because of its limited distribution). ἄρκιος (Il.) `to be relied on, sure, certain, sufficient' (development of the meaning difficult). Perhaps here ἄρκιον `burdock, Arctium Lappa' (Dsc.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [65]Etymology: Generally connected with Lat. arceo `lock, defend'. Further Arm. argel `hindrance'. Perhaps to Hitt. ḫark- `hold, have', but the meaning does not fit. Not to Lith. rãktas `key', OHG rigil `bolt'.Page in Frisk: 1,141Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἀρκέω
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15 ἄφενος
Grammatical information: n.Other forms: m. (after πλοῦτος, Fehrle Phil Woch. 46, 700f).Compounds: εὐηφενής (Il.; the better attested v. l. εὐηγενής is hardly correct; Bechtel, Lex.); also in the PN Δι-, Κλε-, Τιμ-αφένης.Derivatives: (with loss of vowel and remarkable final stress) ἀφνειός (Il.), later ἀφνεός `rich' (Il.). From here retrograde ἄφνος n. (Pi. Fr. 219).Etymology: Uncertain. The connection with Skt. ápnas- n. `possessions, riches' (Bréal MSL 13, 382f.; cf. ὄμπνη; also Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73, 515) is now generally rejected (also as * apsnos). - The word was one of the corner stones of the Pelasgian theory, which can now be abandoned (also Heubeck's variant, the Minoan-Minyan language: Praegraeca 70). The agreement with Hitt. happina(nt)- `rich', is remarkable. The postulated verb hap-(zi) is improbable (Puhvel HED 3, 124f). The Hittite word could be IE (Szemerényi Glotta 33, 1954, 275 - 282). Puhvel's h₁op- is impossible ( h₁- disappears in Hittite); but Lat. opulentus \< * op-en-ent- is improbable: - ulentus is a frequent suffix in Latin, and - ant is very productive in Hittite so that it cannot be projected back into PIE; with it disappears the explanation of - ulentus (I also doubt the dissmilation n - nt, with t after the second n; there are other difficulties in the theory, as the author indicated); the - en- has no clear function and is not found elsewhere after op-; thus the connection of opulentus with the Hittite word disappears. - Irene Balles (HS 110, 1997) starts from *n̥-gʷʰn-o-, parallel to - io- in Skt. ághnyā- `(the valuable animal which is) not to be killed'. (She explains the adj., and the accent, from *n̥gʷʰn-es-o- \> ἀφνεό-, with metrical lengthening in Homer). But she has to explain the full grade from analogy after σθένος, which is improbable; the whole construction is not convincing. - The Greek word is rather IE (cf. archaic εὐηφενής). For Greek a root * h₂bʰen- is the obvious reconstruction. The accent and the form ἀφνεός may be explained following Balles: *h₂bʰnes-ó-, with ablaut as in ἄλγος - ἀλεγεινός (metr. lengthening in Homer is probable as *ἀφνεοιο is impossible in the hexameter and *ἀφνεος, -ν etc. are difficult). Thus the word seem perfectly IE. It cannot be connected with the Hittite word (reading *ḫpina- is doubtful). A loan from Anatolian would have κ-, the φ would be unclear, the s-stem, and the adjective.Page in Frisk: 1,195Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἄφενος
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16 βδελυρός
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `disgusting, loathsome' (Ar.)Derivatives: βδελύσσομαι (- ττ-), fut. βδελύξομαι `feel a loathing' (Hp.), act. - ύσσω, - ύττω (LXX) with βδελυγμία (Cratin.) etc. Vb. adj. βδελυκτός ( βδελύκτροπος from *βδελυκτο-τροπος A.). PN Βδελυ-κλέων (Ar.). βδελυχρός (Epich.)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: βδελυρός is mostly explained as formed from βδέ-ω with a λυ-suffix (as in θῆ-λυ-ς), but this is hardly possible. A verb in - εω does not give a stem in -ε to which suffixes can be added. Then, a suffix - λυ- probably does not exist: θῆλυς seems rather built on an λ-stem (DELG, Frisk); and - λυ- was certainly no longer productive (Chantr. Form. 121). Here an λ-suffix was seen in βδέλλων τρέμων η βδέων, βδέλεσθαι κοιλιολυτεῖν H. (forms which are doubted) and in βδόλος `stench' (Com. Adesp. 781; cf. γαλεόβδολον, s. γαλέη). But these form are as difficult: there was no stem βδε- to which a suffix could be added. Also, it seems not clear from the meaning that βδελυρός was derived from βδέω (in H. forms are often explained with μισέω): that later the verb influenced by the meaning is easy to understand. Therefore the word cannot be explained as a Greek formation. It then seems probable to analyse βδελ-υρ-, both components of which are prob. Pre-Greek: βδ- and the suffix - υρ- (s. Beekes, Pre-Greek).Page in Frisk: 1,229-230Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βδελυρός
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17 ἕλμις
Grammatical information: f.Other forms: (Arist.), gen. ἕλμινθος (with new nom. ἕλμινς Hp.), also ἕλμιγγος etc.; also acc. ἕλμιθα (epid.); nom. pl. ἕλμεις (Dsc.). Difficult λίμινθες ἕλμινθες. Πάφιοι H.Compounds: As 1. member in ἑλμινθο-βότανον `herb used against worms' (medic.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: If the dental- and velar enlargements are removed (Schwyzer 510 and 498, Chantr. Form. 366 and 400) we get a word, that agrees in its ending with two other names for `worm'. (One is found in Indo-Iranian (e. g. Skt. kŕ̥mi-), in Albanian ( krimp), Baltic (e. g. Lith. kirmìs), Slavic (e. g. OCS črъmьnъ `red' \< * črъmь, slov. čr̂m `fingerworm, carbuncle'), Celtic (e. g. OIr. cruim). The other is limited to Latin ( vermis) and Germanic (e. g. Goth. waurms), but has relatives in Balto-Slavic (e. g. OPr. vormyan `red', ORuss. vermie `ἀκρίδες') and Greek (Boeot. PN Ϝάρμιχος; cf. also, with different formation, ῥόμος σκώληξ ἐν ξύλοις H.). Of these IE *kʷr̥mi- seems to be the oldest, both for its wide distribution, especially in frontier areas, as because it is etymologically isolated (cf. Porzig Gliederung 208f.). The riming *u̯r̥mi- may have been adapted to the verb *u̯er- `turn, bend' (cf. ῥόμος and ῥατάναν). A further innovation would be found in Greek because it connected the verb u̯el- `turn, wind' (s. 2. εἰλέω), which gave two further forms for `worm', εὑλή and Ϝάλη (written ὑάλη). (From Tocharian A one adds walyi pl. `worms'.) - The last mentioned (three) forms (with -l-) are clearly unrelated. The IE forms have -r-, but our word has -l- (so the word is not IE, as Furnée 290 holds). Though DELG does not think it necessary to take the - νθ- as a sign of Pre-Greek, I don't see why. Note that the form ἔλμιγγος also shows the typical Pre-Greek prenasalization (cf. acc. ἔλμιθα IG IV 12, 122,10 Epidauros). The form λίμινθες also rather suggests a Pre-Greek variant. Was it *lymi(n)t-? (with proothetic vowel a- which became e- before the palatal l?). Note that the NGr. forms λεβίθα, - ίδες confirm the vowel right of the l (see DELG).Page in Frisk: 1,501Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἕλμις
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18 ἔνοσις
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `shaking, quake' (Hes., E. in lyr.).Dialectal forms: Myc. enesidaone with difficult -e-Compounds: As 1. member in the ep. compounds ἐνοσί-χθων, ἐννοσί-γαιος `earth-shaker' surnames of Poseidon; in the same meaning ἐννοσίδᾱς (Pi.; with δα- in Δα-μάτηρ (s. Δημήτηρ and v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 203); after this εἰνοσί-φυλλος `shaking off foliage' (Hom.; ἐνν-, εἰν- metr. lengthening; cf. Chantr. Gramm. Hom. 1, 100); cf. Knecht Τερψίμβροτος 26.Derivatives: ἐνοσιζεται τρέμει, σείεται (Cyr.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Uncertain. The explanation by Pott, followd by many scholars, as *ἔν-Ϝοθ-τις to ὠθέω (s. also ἔθων, ἔθειρα) finds several objections: the sequence - θ-τ- should have given - στ- (cf. e. g. πύσ-τις beside πεῦ-σις); the ο-ablaut as in ἄ-φρων: φρήν is not expected in a τι-deriv., and refuted by Myc.; a prefixal ἐν- is not well explained ("bump against"?). If ἔνοσις is indeed a primary τι-deriv. (cf. Holt Les noms d'action en - σις 94f.), we would rather expect a formation like ἄρο-σις. ἔνοσις may have been derived from the compounds. - See Porzig Satzinhalte 193f. M. Janda, Compositiones indogerm. Schindler, 1999, 183-203 assumes a root * h₁enh₃- `to move' from Skt. ánas, Lat. onus ? (but no such root is attested, and its meaning would be `carry one a horse', which seems not adequate; also it does no solve the problem provided by Myc.).Page in Frisk: 1,523Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἔνοσις
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19 ἰάπτω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `shoot, send on, hurt, wound' (Il.)Compounds: Also with prefix, e. g. προ-,Derivatives: On Ίαπετός s.v. On the meanings see βάλλειν. So there is no reason, with Schulze Q. 168 n. 3, Bechtel Lex. s. ἴπτομαι, LSJ to assume two different words (maintained in the LSJ Supplement; the meanings are rather different from those in Frisk and DELG).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Reduplicated formation with generalized reduplication; further unclear. Often combined with *ἴπτομαι, ἴψασθαι `press hard, oppress, hurt' (Bechtel l. c., Kuiper Glotta 21, 282ff. and MAWNed. N. R. 14: 5, 25 n 1), also with Lat. iaciō (Lottner KZ 7, 174, Schulze l. c.; s. Bq and W.-Hofmann s. iaciō); diff. Prellwitz Wb. (wrong; on αἶψα s.v.), Belardi Doxa 3, 206 (Skt. vápati `strew out'). - Whether ἰάσσειν (cod. - εῖν) θυμοῦσθαι, δάκνειν H. was the original present of ἰάψαι (vgl. Bq s. ἰάπτω), is uncertain. - The connection with *ἴπτομαι is semantically not easy; with ἰάσσειν one could suppose * h₂i-h₂ekʷ-, but here again the meanings are difficult to connect.Page in Frisk: 1,705-706Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἰάπτω
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20 μηρός
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `the upper fleshy part of the shank, shank' (Il.; on the meaning cf. the discussion by Meuli Phyllobolia [Festschr. v. d. Mühll 1946] 215ff.; to this Frisk in AmJPh 71, 89f.).Compounds: Few compp. like μηρο-τραφής `with fleshy schanks' (Str., AP), σύμ-μηρος `with the thights closed' (Hp.).Derivatives: μηρία n. pl. (- ίον sg. Posidon.) `thigh-bones' (Il.); μηρ-ιαῖος `belonging to the shanks' (X.; like νωτ-ιαῖος etc., Chantraine Form. 49); μηρίζω `strike on the thigh' (D. L.; after γαστρίζω), but δια-μηρίζω `hold the thighs separated' with - ισμός (Ar., Zeno), also κατα- μηρός `id.' (Suid.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The old collective plur. μῆρα (Schwyzer 581, Schw.-Debrunner 37) can be identified with Lat. membra n. pl. `bodyparts' (Bezzenberger BB 1, 340 f.); basis then * mēms-r-ā. A nasalless form * mēs-r- however is as for OIr. mīr `piece, bite' also possible and phonetically rather to be preferred (cf. Schwyzer 282). The phonetically reminding Slav. word, e.g. Russ. myazdrá `fleshy side of the skin' is both in meaning and in form difficult to connect, s. Vasmer s. v. The basis would have been a word for `flesh', IE * mēms(-o)- n. in Skt. māṃsá-, Goth. mimz etc.; besides with loss od the nasals (as in the word for `moon'; s. 2. μήν) IE * mēs- n. in Skt. mā́s-. -- (Not here μῆνιγξ (s. v.). -- Further forms in W.-Hofmann s. membrum; also WP. 2, 262 and Pok. 725. Older lit. in Bq.Page in Frisk: 2,230-231Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μηρός
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