μείλιχος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[oft]], [[mild]], [[friendly]] (Il.); also <b class="b3">μειλίχιος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.); <b class="b3">Μειλίχιος</b> surn., esp. of Zeus (IA.), Att. also <b class="b3">Μιλίχιος</b> (early itacism, Schwyzer 193), Dor. <b class="b3">Μηλ-</b>, Arc. <b class="b3">Μελ-</b>, with <b class="b3">Μειλιχιεῖον</b> <b class="b2">temple of Zeus M.</b> (Halaesa); details in Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 411ff.<br />Other forms: Aeol. <b class="b3">μέλλιχος</b>.<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">μελλιχό-φωνος</b> (Sapph.), <b class="b3">ἀ-μείλιχος</b> [[unfriendly]], [[irreconcilable]] = <b class="b3">ἀμείλικτος</b> (Il.; cf. Frisk Adj.priv. 7f.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">μείλιχος</b>: 1. <b class="b3">μειλιχίη</b> f. [[softness]], [[mildness]] (O741, Hes., A. R.); 2. <b class="b3">μειλιχώδης</b> [[soft]] (Cerc.); <b class="b3">μειλίχη</b> f. [[boxing-glove]] (Paus. 8, 40, 3; cf. <b class="b3">πυρρίχη</b>); 4. <b class="b3">μειλίσσω</b>, aor. <b class="b3">-ίξαι</b> [[calm]] (Il.), also with <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>; <b class="b3">μείλιγμα</b> (<b class="b3">μέλιχμα</b> Miletos VIa ; Schulze Kl. Schr. 411 ) n. <b class="b2">means to calm, expiational offer</b> (κ 217), (<b class="b3">ἐκ-)μείλιξις</b> [[expiation]] (Anon. ap. Suid., Eust.), <b class="b3">μειλικ-τήριος</b> [[expiating]] (A. Pers. 610), <b class="b3">-τικῶς</b> adv. <b class="b2">id.</b> (sch.); <b class="b3">μείλικτρα</b> pl. = <b class="b3">μειλίγματα</b> (A. R.). Popular formation with <b class="b3">χ-</b>suffix as in <b class="b3">νηπίαχος</b>, <b class="b3">ὁσσίχος</b> (Dor.) a. o. (Chantraine Form. 403f., Schwyzer 498, Locker Glotta 22, 58f.), firt to <b class="b3">μείλια</b> (s. v.), but without certain further connection. The diff. dialectforms <b class="b3">μειλ-</b> : <b class="b3">μελλ-</b> : <b class="b3">μηλ-</b> can be explained from <b class="b3">μελ-ν-</b>, whereby one thought partly of Lat. [[mel]] [[honey]], gen. [[mellis]] (if really from <b class="b2">*mel-n-és</b>), partly of Lith. <b class="b2">malóne</b> [[mercy]]; see the lit. in W.-Hofmann s. [[mel]], [[melior]] and [[mītis]]; old lit. also in WP. 2, 244 and in Bq. -- Folketymologically <b class="b3">μείλιχος</b> was no doubt connected with <b class="b3">μέλι</b> (Chantraine Mél. Boisacq 1, 169ff.), but <b class="b3">μειλισσέμεν</b> H410 not with Schmid BphW 36, 1414ff. for <b class="b3">*μελισσέμεν</b> from <b class="b3">μέλι</b>, cf. Kretschmer Glotta 10, 242. On the coexistence of <b class="b3">μειλιχίη</b> and <b class="b3">μειλίσσω</b> Scheller Oxytonierung 40; observations on <b class="b3">μείλιχος</b> : <b class="b3">μειλίχιος</b> in Porzig Satzinhalte 207 f..