σίαλον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n. (m.)<br />Meaning: [[spittle]], [[slobber]], metaph. <b class="b2">joint-fluid, synovitis</b> (Hp., Pherecr., X., Arist., hell. a. late).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">σίελον</b> (<b class="b3">-ος</b>)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σιαλίς βλέννος</b> (slime) H. , <b class="b3">σιαλώδης</b> <b class="b2">saliva-like</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">σιαλ-ίζω</b> (<b class="b3">σιελ-</b>) <b class="b2">to form spittle, slobber, to foam</b> (Hp., Archig.), <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> m. [[waterbrash]] (medic.), <b class="b3">-ιστήριον</b> n. <b class="b2">bridle-bit</b> (Gp.). Besides the verb <b class="b3">σίαι πτύσαι</b> (cod. <b class="b3">πτῆσαι</b>) <b class="b3">Πάφιοι</b> H. (cf. Schwyzer 752 n. 4).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)<br />Etymology: Expressive-popular words as <b class="b3">πτύαλον</b>, <b class="b3">πτύω</b>, with which they have also genetically been connected; s. <b class="b3">πτύω</b> w. further lit. On the supposed but quite uncertain connection with Skt. <b class="b2">kṣī́vati</b> [[spit]] (Dhātup.) s. Wackernagel in Bechtel Dial. 1. 454 and Mayrhofer s. v. -- To be noted further the very rare and late attested <b class="b3">σιαίνομαι</b>, aor. <b class="b3">σιάνθην</b> <b class="b2">to meet antipathy, disgust</b> (pap. Vl--VIIp, H., Suid., Gloss.), <b class="b3">σιαίνω</b> [[to cause antipathy]] (sch.), which seems to be a transformation of the synonymous <b class="b3">σικχαίνω</b>, <b class="b3">-ομαι</b> (s. v.) after <b class="b3">σίαι</b> and similar unliterary forms. -- It cold derive from a Pre-Greek <b class="b2">*syal-</b>. S. also [[σίαλος]].