ὀλιγηπελέων: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj. (ptc.)<br />Meaning: [[weak]], [[powerless]] (Ο 24 a. 245, ε 457), <b class="b3">-έουσα</b> (τ 356).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [52] <b class="b2">*h₂pel-</b> [[strength]]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">ὀλιγ-ηπελής</b> (AP, Opp.) metr. enlarged (Schwyzer 724, Leumann Hom. Wörter 116 n. 83, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 349). From there <b class="b3">ὀλιγηπελ-ίη</b> f. [[weakness]], [[impotence]] (ε 468). Thus <b class="b3">εὑηπελ-ίη</b> f. [[strength]], [[thriving]] (Call.: <b class="b3">εὑηπελής</b> H.), opposite <b class="b3">κακηπελ-ίη</b>, <b class="b3">-έων</b> (Nic.); also <b class="b3">ἀνηπελίη ἀσθένεια</b> H. and <b class="b3">νηπελέω</b> = <b class="b3">ἀδυνατέω</b> (Hp.). Since Düntzer KZ 13, 17 f. (<b class="b3">ὀλιγ)-ηπελής</b> is derived from a noun <b class="b3">*ἄπελος</b> n. [[strength]] (with comp. lengthening; Schwyzer 447) and connected with Germ., e.g. OWNo. [[afl]], OE [[afol]] n. [[strength]]; here alo El. (Illyr.?) PN <b class="b3">Τευτί-απλος</b>, Illyr. PN <b class="b2">Mag-aplinus</b> etc. As however the Germ. words on the other hand must be connected with Lat. [[ops]], [[opus]] etc., the Gr. <b class="b3">ἀ-</b> would be unclear. -- Here still the denominative <b class="b3">ἀν-απελάζω</b> in <b class="b3">ἀναπελάσας ἀναρρωσθείς</b> H. -- Details w. further lit. in Bechtel Lex. s. v., WP. 1, 176, Pok. 52, W.-Hofmann s. [[epulum]] and [[ops]]. Cf. also on [[νήπιος]]. - This leads to the reconstruction <b class="b2">*h₂pel-</b> (with <b class="b3">νηπελ-έω</b> < <b class="b2">*n̥-h₂pel-</b>); the connection with Lat. [[ops]] may have to be abandoned.

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