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1 εὐθενέω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `thrive, flourish', of animals and plants, also metaph. of towns, peoples etc. (A., Arist.);Compounds: as 1. member in εὐθηνι-άρχης `commissioner of (corn)supply' with - αρχέω, - ία, - ικός (pap.; also εὑθενι-).Derivatives: εὐθένεια, - ία (- ίη Epigr. Ia) `thriving situation, fullness, supply, annona' (Arist. as v. l. beside εὐθηνία, pap. of Rom. times) with εὐθενιακός (pap.). - Also εὐθηνέω `id.' (h. Hom. 30, 10, Hdt., Hp.) with εὐθηνία = εὐθενεια, - ία (Arist. as v. l.); - rare and late adj.: εὐθενής εὐπαθοῦσα, ἰσχυρά H. with εὐθενέστατος (pap. VIp), εὐθηνός `thriving' (Hdn. Epim. 175, Lyd. Ost. [VIp]).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The explanation depends of the relation between these forms. If the forms with - ε- are original, εὐθενέω will be a denominative of εὐθενής, to which was made the abstract εὐθένεια, - ία. We would have to start from a noun *θένος besie φόνος in the ἅπ. λεγ. φόνον αἵματος (Π 162), if this is `mass of blood', which is not certain, s. s. v. That would give *θένος: εὐθενής: εὐθένεια: εὐθενέω like μένος: εὐμενής: εὐμένεια: εὐμενέω. But εὐθενής is rare and late, while εὐθενέω is older. Then the agreement with Skt. ā-hanás- `thriving, full' (Bechtel Lex. 78f. with Fick BB 8, 330), IE *- gʷhenes- becomes doubtfull. To ā-hanás- and εὑ-θενής are further connected Skt. ghana- `solid, thick, full of' (ep. class.; very doubtfull RV. 1, 8, 3), NPers. ā-ganiš `full', ā-gandan `fill on'; from Balto-Slavic further Lith. ganà `enough', OCS goněti `be enough'; finally Alb. zânë `solid, thick', IE * gʷhen- (Jokl Mélanges Pedersen 131) and Arm. y-ogn `multum, very, much' (the last quite uncertain). Unclear are PN in - φόντης as Κρεσ-φόντης (cf. on κράτος), Πολυ-φόντης as well as φανᾶν θέλειν H. Far remain the unclear ἄφενος and παρθένος (s. vv.). The - η- in εὐθηνέω etc. can be old lengthened grade; secondary lengthening (after κτῆνος, μῆλα etc.?; Fraenkel Lexis 3, 61) cannot be excluded. - If we assume an original η-vowel, εὑθενέω could be a comparable derailment (after σθένος?; Sommer Lautstud. 66) or old weak grade (Schwyzer 340f.); Gr. *θῆνος has been compared with Lat. fēnus `produce' (to fē-līx, s. θῆλυς, and θῆ-σθαι) which could be phonetically and semantically identical (cf. Fick 1, 415, Froehde BB 21, 326f.), if the connection with Skt. ā-hanás- etc. is given up. - See Bq s. v., Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. ganà.Page in Frisk: 1,586-587Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > εὐθενέω
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2 οὖλος 2
οὖλος 2.Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: A. of κόμη, λάχνη, χλαῖνα, τάπητες etc. (Il.), as 1. member in οὑλό-θριξ, - κάρηνος, - κομος a.o. (Od., Hdt., Alex., Arist.); also of plants as ἕλιξ, σέλινον (Simon., Hdt.), `frizzy, shaggy, woolly, crinkly'; B. later of ξύλον, δένδρον a.o. (Thphr.), also of the voice (Plu., AP), of movements (Call.) `compact, dense, thick, πυκνός, συνεστραμμένος'.Derivatives: To A. οὑλάς f. of χαίτη (Nic.); to B οὔλιος of χλαμύς; οὑλάς also as subst. = πήρα, θύλακος (Call., AP, H.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: In the meaning `frizzy etc.' οὖλος can be connected with our problem with εἰλέω `roll, turn, wind' (Bechtel Lex. with Buttmann). The later attested meaning `compact, thick etc.' agrees in fact better with εἰλέω `press together', but we may have a semantic shift ('twisted' \> `compact'; cf. συστρέφειν), and the two verbs can in general not always be separated (cf. s.vv.). -- But the morphology is difficult; the (pace Bechtel s.v.) phonetically possible bases *Ϝόλσος or *Ϝόλνος fit better for a subst. (improbable is a form *ὄ-Ϝλ-ος proposed by B., zero grade with prothesis as was - wrongly - supposed for ὄ-τλ-ος); a reduplicated *Ϝό-Ϝλ-ος is also improbable (on the digamma Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 125). Cf. ἴουλος.Page in Frisk: 2,444-445Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > οὖλος 2
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3 σπίδιος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `extensive, wide' ( σπίδιον μῆκος ὁδοῦ A. Fr. 378 = 733 M.), σπιδόθεν = μακρόθεν (Antim. 77); σπιδνόν πυκνόν, συνεχές, πεπηγός; σπιδόεν μέλαν, πλατύ, σκοτεινόν, πυκνόν, μέγα H.Derivatives: Cf. further σπιδέος gen. sg. (Λ 753) beside v. l. ἀσπιδέος; if correct, prob. from *σπιδύς (s. ἀσπιδής); s. also ἑλεσπίδας and 1. ἀσπίς. Verb σπίζω = ἐκτείνω (Sch. Ar. V. 18, Eust.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Obsolete wortgroup, which seems only to have lived on in the learned and higher poetic language and about the meaning of which one was no longer certain (cf. the explanation of σπιδόεν). -- As basis functions partly a noun *σπίδος ( σπιδό-θεν, - εν), partly a primary σπιδ- ( σπίζω, σπιδνόν); for σπίδ-ιος, *-ύς both are possible. One may compare first Lat. spissus (\< * spid-tos or * spit-tos) `extended, esp. in time, slow, prolonged', also `close, dense, thick' (= σπιδνόν); on the development of the meaning Persson Beitr. 1, 386ff. with extensive treatment. Here also a richly developed Baltic family, e.g. Lith. spintù, spìsti (\< * spit-ti) `begin to swarm (of bees), gather' (ptc. spìstas = Lat. spissus?), s. Fraenkel s. spiẽsti w. further forms a. lit. -- If one adduces also σπιθαμη [for which I see no ground], we get a threefold variation σπιδ-: σπιθ-: Lith. (Lat.?) spit-. (Some have also connected σπάω etc; s. v. w. lit.Page in Frisk: 2,766Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σπίδιος
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4 περιπυκάζω
A encompass thickly, κόμη with foliage, Ach.Tat.1.15 :— [voice] Med., have thick round,τὰς τρίχας περὶ τὸ σῶμα Ctes.Fr.57.11
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5 χαλαζάω
A hail, Luc.Bis Acc.2: metaph., fall thick as hail, Com.Adesp.314.II (χάλαζα 11.1
) to have pimples or tubercles, Ar.Eq. 381; χαλαζῶσαι [ὕες] Arist.HA 603b21.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > χαλαζάω
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6 ὑπόστασις
A as an act, standing under, supporting,ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου.. ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται Hp.Art.55
; [τοὺς προσθίους πόδας] ἔχουσιν.. οὐ μόνον ἕνεχ' ὑποστάσεως τοῦ βάρους Arist.PA 659a24
;ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑ. LXX Ps.68(69).3
.2 resistance,τοῦ κύματος Arist.Mete. 368b12
(unless = settling down); so perh. in Hp.Off.3, Ael.Fr.59.B as a thing,I in liquids, that which settles at the bottom, sediment, Hp.Steril.242, Arist.HA 551b29, Mete. 382b14, Thphr.HP 9.8.3; esp. of sediment in the urine, Hp.Coac. 146, 389, Aph.4.69, al., Gal.6.252, al.; but the urine itself is called ἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν, Arist. Mete. 358a8;ἡ τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. Id.PA 647b28
; ἐκ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γιγνομένη ὑ. ib. 671b20; also of the dry excrement, ἡ τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. ib. 647b28, cf. 677a15, Mete. 358b9.b an accumulation of pus, abscess, Hp.Art.40.2 νέφους ὑποστάσεις cloud-cumuli, D.S.1.38.4 metaph. of time, duration,ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ. Gal.19.187
; μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ. remember how short my time is, LXX Ps.88(89).48; ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου mine age is as nothing before thee, ib.38(39).6; ἐφ' ὅσον αὐτοῦ (sc. Ἕκτορος) ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν as long as his store of years lasted, Vett.Val.347.14.5 coming into existence, origin,ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς LXX Ps.138(139).15
;περὶ τοῦ γένους.. τῶν Ἰουδαίων.. ὅτι.. τὴν πρώτην ὑ. ἔσχεν ἰδίαν J.Ap.1.1
; ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ' ἑαυτήν has no power of originating by itself, Hermog. Id.1.10.II foundation or substructure of a temple, etc., LXX Na.2.7, D.S.1.66, 13.82; ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων lower part of a crenellated wall, Ph.Bel.84.9; ὑ. ξύλου is f.l. for ὑπότασις ξ. in Hp. Mochl.25.2 metaph. of a narrative, speech, or poem, ground-work, subject-matter, argument, Plb.4.2.1, D.S.1.3, etc.3 plan, purpose, Id.16.32;κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.28
, 15.70;πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.3
; οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι.. ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί (sc. in their calendar) Gem.8.16, cf. 25;κατὰ τὴν Καίσαρος ὑ. BMus.Inscr.892.21
(Halic., i B. C./i A. D.).4 confidence, courage, resolution, steadiness, of soldiers, Plb.4.50.10,6.55.2; hope,ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί LXX Ru.1.12
; ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆς ib.Ez.19.5, cf. Ep.Hebr.3.14;ἡ ὑ. τῆς καυχήσεως 2 Ep.Cor.11.17
, cf. 9.4; ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις confidence in things hoped for, Ep.Hebr.11.1 (unless substance be the right sense here).5 undertaking, promise,οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν PEleph.15.3
(iii B. C.), cf. PTheb.Bank1.8 (ii B. C.), PTeb.61 (b). 194 (ii B. C.).6 Astrol., τὰ τούτου (sc. κλήρου τύχης) τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις (fort. - στάσεις) [λέγεται] Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).227.III substantial nature, substance, δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχειν woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous substance, Thphr.CP5.16.4; ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑ. ib.6.7.4.2 substance, actual existence, reality (οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο Socr. HE3.7
), opp. semblance,φαντασίαν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑ. δὲ μή Artem.3.14
; τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ' ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ' ὑπόστασιν (substantial, actual), Arist.Mu. 395a30, cf. Placit.3.6, D.L.7.135, 9.91; so ὑποστάσεις are the substances of which the reflections ([etym.] αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, Placit.4.14.2; ὑ. ἔχειν have substantial existence, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.14, S.E. P.2.94, 176, M.Ant.9.42; ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει ( ὑποτάσει cod.), πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα, a separate existence, Sor.1.96, cf. 33;ὑπόστασιν μὴ ἔχειν Id.2.57
;ὑποστάσεις τε καὶ μεταβολαί M.Ant.9.1
, cf. 10.5; [ἡ παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας.. κατὰ τὴν ὑ. (in respect of reality)· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ Luc. Par.27
;κατ' ἰδίαν ὑ. καὶ οὐσίαν S.E.M.9.338
.3 real nature, essence,χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ. Ep.Hebr.1.3
.IV as a Rhet. figure, the full expression or expansion of an idea, Hermog.Id.1.11, Aristid. Rh.1p.479S., Syrian. in Hermog.1.60 R.VI wealth, substance, property, ib.De.11.6, Je.10.17, POxy.1274.15 (iii A. D.), BGU1020.16 (vi A. D.), etc.2 pl., title deeds, documents recording ownership of property, POxy.237 viii 26 (ii A. D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὑπόστασις
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7 ἄμπυξ
ἄμπυξ, - υκοςGrammatical information: f. m.Meaning: `woman's diadem; horse's bit; rim of a wheel' (Il.)Dialectal forms: Myc. apuke \/ ampukei\/ in a context of horses' harnesses, anapuke \/ anampukes\/ of ἡνίαι, apukowoko \/ ampuk-worgos\/.Compounds: χρυσ-άμπυξ `with golden bit' (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Generally considered as a root noun with ἀμ- = ἀνα- and - πυξ, to πύκα `thickly, solidly', πυκνός, and cognate with Av. pusā (IE *puḱā) `diadem'; Lidén Symb. phil. Danielsson 148ff.; Benveniste BSL 34, CR. 41 (with further Iranian forms, and as loans Toch. psuk `wreath' and Arm. psak `wreath, diadem etc.'). - However, Szemerényi, Gnomon 43, 1972, 655 points out that ἀνά would not fit the meaning; we would rather expect *ἀμφι-πυκ-. As this form would hardly give ἀμπυκ-, the etymology becomes doubtful. Already the notion `thick, solid' seems not fitting. Fur. 317 rejects the etym. because he connects the root with πτύσσω, but this cannot be considered certain. Szemerényi also doubts the connection with Iranian: "If really connected with Iranian pus-..." The etym. always struck me as unconvincing. A word like `ornament' is easily borrowed. If we analyse the word as ἀμπ-υκ-, we have a typical substr. suffix (Beekes in Bammesberger-Venneman 2003).Page in Frisk: 1,96Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἄμπυξ
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8 μάσσω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `knead (dough), press a plastic material in a form, strike, wipe off, pull, represent' (τ 92).Other forms: Att. μάττω, - ομαι, aor. μάξαι, - σθαι, pass. μαγῆναι, μαχθῆναι, perf. midd. μέμαγμαι, act. μέμαχα (Ar.).Derivatives: Many derivv. 1. ἐκμαγεῖον ( μαγεῖον Longin.) `mass, in which prints are made, offprint, mould, towel, serviette' (IA.). 2. μαγίς, - ίδος f. `kneaded mass, cake, kneading trough, dresser' (Hp., Com, S.). 3. μάγμα n. `kneaded mass, thick salve, smear' (pap., Plin.), ἔκ-, ἀπό-μαγμα `offprint, duster, wiped off dirt' (Hp., S., Thphr.), μαγμον τὸ καθάρσιον H. 4. ἔκ-, ἀνά-μαξις `wiping off' (Arist.). -- 5. μαγεύς m. `kneeader, baker, who wipes off' (Poll., AP, H.), prob. directly from verb (after Boßhardt 81 from *μαγή). 6. μακτήρ ἡ κάρδοπος, ἡ πυελίς. καὶ διφθέρα. καὶ ὀρχήσεως σχῆμα H. (on the dance name Lawler AmJPh 71, 70ff.); ( ἀπο-, κατα-)μάκτης `kneader, who wipes off' ( Com. Adesp., H.), f., ἀπομάκτρια (Poll.). 7. μάκτρα f. `baking trough' (Com., X.), `trough, bathing tub, sarcophagus' (hell.; wr. μάκρα, Schwyzer 337); ( ἔκ-, ἀπό-)-μάκτρον `offprint, towel etc.' (E., Ar.). 8. μακτήριον = μάκτρα (Plu.). 9. μακτρισμός name of a dance (Ath.; after κορδακισμός; cf. on μακτήρ above) with - ίστρια name of a danceress (ebd.). -- 10. ἀπομαγδαλιά (Ar., Plu., Gal.), μαγδαλιά (Gal.; - έα Hippiatr.) `bread crumb for handwashing'; like ἁρμαλιά, φυταλιά etc. (Scheller Oxytonierung 90), but with unexplained δ (after *ἀπομάγδην?). -- 11. With auslaut. κ: μακαρία βρῶμα ἐκ ζωμοῦ καὶ ἀλφίτων H. -- On μᾶζα s. v.Etymology: For comparison we have words with final g, IE *maǵ-, esp. in Germanic and Baltoslavic, e.g. NHG machen, OS makōn `make, erect, build', if prop. `knead, form', OCS mažǫ, mazati `smear, salve'; further Celt., e.g. Bret. meza `knead'; uncertain Arm. macanim, macnum `stick fast, congeal'. On the other hand we find a final k with nasal, IE * menk-, in Lith. mìnkau, mánkau, - yti `knead a weak masse', OCS mǫka, Russ. muká `flour' and many other Baltoslavic words; from Germ. one might consider NHG mengen, OE mengan etc., if prop. `knead together'; from Skt. macate `crush etc.' (Dhātup.). Further there are a few longvowel words without nasal: Latv. màcu, màkt `press, plague' and Lat. māceria `wall)kneaded from loam'. -- Of the Greek word only the isolated μακαρία has a clear tenuis, as μάσσω (first from *μακ-ι̯ω) can be explained as a deviation. As however also μαγῆναι as well as the nominal γ-forms can be so explained (cf. Schwyzer 760), one can explain Greek if necessary with IE * menk. A suppletive system * menk (: μακαρία, μάσσω): maǵ-(: μαγῆναι) is conceivable -- WP. 2, 224, 226f., 268, Pok. 696f., 698, 730f., W.-Hofmann s. māceria, Fraenkel s. mìnkyti u. mė́šlas, Vasmer s. mázatь, muká, mjágkij; s. also Bq. - One retains some doubts however; note among other things the form - μαγδαλιά; further the supposed interchange * menk-: *meh₂ǵ- arouses suspicion.Page in Frisk: 2,180-181Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μάσσω
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9 πέλανος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `(thick) liquid flour dough, pulp of flour, honey and oil', often presented as sacrifice, `sacificial cake' (A., E., Pl., Att. inscr., Herod.); name of a weight or coin (Delph., Arg. V--IIIa), = ὀβολός (Nic. Al. 488);Other forms: - ός Hdn. Gr. 1, 178.Derivatives: Cf. πέλανορ τὸ τετράχαλκον, πέλαινα πόπανα, μειλίγματα H. -- On πελάχνιν τρύβλιον ἐκπέταλον H. s. πέτα-χνον (s. πετάννυμι).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: As the orig. meaning of this old word is uncertain, the etymology is also uncertain. If prop. `flat cake, flat dough', for which esp. πέλανος as coin-name seems to argue (Solmsen KZ 42, 213), then the old connection (since Fick 1, 477) with Lat. plānus `flat, level' = Lith. plónas `thin', plóne `flan, cake' would be correct. On the ablaut cf. πέλαγος. -- Other proposals: to Skt. párīṇas- n. `sullness, riches' (: πίμπλημι [but this would have given *πελενος; not to πολύς]; Specht KZ 61, 284ff. with agreement of Kretschmer Glotta 26, 67, Fraenkel Mél. Bq 1, 358 n. 1, Havers Sprachtabu 135; rejecting W.-Hofmann s. pulpa); to Lith. pilù, pìlti `shake, pour' (Persson Beitr. 2, 748 n. 1); to πόλτος (Lidén Stud. 87f. with Lagercrantz); to Lith. pel̃nas `merit, pay' (Mann Lang. 28, 31; to be rejected). -- Further details in Bq and WP. 2, 61, Pok. 805 f., W.-Hofmann s. plānus, Mayrhofer s. páriman-. -- Furnée 338 compares πέλαινα and concludes to a Pre-Greek word. The argument seems not certain, but the conclusion may well be correct.Page in Frisk: 2,493-494Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πέλανος
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10 στοά
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `colonnade, portico, storage room', also as des. of the stoic school ( στοὰ ποικίλη) (Att.).Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in προ-στῳ̃ον `portico located in front (of the rooms), porch' (Att.), hypostasis; Schw.-Debrunner 608 (τόποι προστῳ̃οι sch. on Υ 11).Derivatives: Dimin. στωΐδιον, στοΐδιον n. (Delos, Str. a.o.), adj. στω-ϊκός `belonging to the stoic school, stoic' (hell. a. late) with - ικεύομαι `to act like a stoic' (late); disparaging Στόαξ ( Στώαξ?) `miserable stoic' (Herm. Iamb. 1; Björck Alpha impurum 48 a. 263).Etymology: Collective formation in - ιά, *στωϜ-ιά (with shortening of the ω and loss of the ι in στοιά, στοά; Schwyzer 244, 349, 469; cf. on the phonetic development also Adrados Emer. 18, 408 ff.) from a noun *στωϜ-ος, -ᾱ̃ with full grade beside reduced resp. zero grade in σταυρός and στῦλος (s. vv.). Full grade forms are also found in Balto-Slav. and Germ., e.g. Lith. stovė́ti `stand', stovà f. `stand, position', OCS staviti `posit', stavъ m. `stand, structure', OE stōwian `hold back', stōw f. `position'; we have in all these cases as well as in Skt. sthāv-ará- `thick, firm, permanent' rather IE āu̯, IE stāu̯- = *steh₂-u̯- (beside stōu̯- = * stoh₂-u-, sth₂u̯-) an old byform of stā- ( stō-, sth₂-) in στήμων, στώμιξ, στατός; s. vv. and ἵστημι w. further lit.Page in Frisk: 2,800Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > στοά
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have a thick skin — to not be sensitive to criticism or insults To be a politician, you ve got to have a thick skin … English dictionary
have a thick (or thin) skin — idi have a thick (or thin) skin, to be remarkably insensitive (or sensitive), esp. to criticism … From formal English to slang
have a thick skin — see skin. → thick … English new terms dictionary
have a thick head — British informal to feel a pain in your head because you are ill or you have drunk too much alcohol … English dictionary
have a thick skull — dense, stupid, not very bright … English contemporary dictionary
Thick — (th[i^]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} ( [ e]r); superl. {Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j[ o]kkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English