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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">housing in the mountains</b> (A 268, ι 155, Hes.Fr. 79, 5).<br />Other forms: [[ὀρεσκόος]] (A., E.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [539] <b class="b2">*ḱei-</b> [[lie]]<br />Etymology: Compound of [[ὄρος]] (s.v.) and [[κεῖμαι]] (?) with <b class="b3">ο-</b>ablaut (cf. e.g. <b class="b3">δορυ-σσόος</b> to [[σείω]]); the irregular length (cf. Skt. <b class="b2">-śay-á-</b> [[lying]]) is prob. metr. conditioned, the yota is analogical after <b class="b3">κοῖ-τος</b> a.o. Bechtel Lex. s.v. wants with Fick to write <b class="b3">-οι-</b> for <b class="b3">-ῳ-</b>; s. Schwyzer 450 n. 4 and 679 n. 4 w. lit. An innovation (after the adj. in <b class="b3">-ιος</b>) is [[ὀρέσκιος]] surn. of Dionysos (AP), thus [[ὀρεσκεύω]] <b class="b2">living in the mountains</b> (Nic.).
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