ἀλέξω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[ward off]], [[defend]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: [[ἀλεξήσω]], <b class="b3">-ησα</b> Hom.; without <b class="b3">-η-</b> middle aor. [[ἀλέξασθαι]] (Hom.), fur. [[ἀλέξομαι]] (S.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[Arekeseu]] \/[[Alekseus]]\/; [[arekotore]] \/[[Alektorei]]\/.<br />Compounds: As first member <b class="b3">ἀλεξ(ι-</b>), e.g. in <b class="b3">ἀλεξί-κακος</b> (Hom.); also [[Ἀλέξανδρος]], from which comes the Hittite rendering [[Alakšanduš]] (Kretschmer Glotta 13, 205ff., 21, 244ff., 24, 242ff., 33, 22f.); Sommer's view that it is in origin Anatolian (IF 55, 187ff., Nominalkomp., esp. 186ff., is now abandoned).<br />Derivatives: [[ἀλέκτωρ]], from which [[ἀλεκτρυών]] is derived (q.v.). - From the stem with <b class="b3">-η-</b> (cf. [[ἀλεξήσω]]): e.g. [[ἀλεξητήρ]] [[defender]] (Hom.) and [[ἀλεξήτωρ]] (S.);<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [32] <b class="b2">*h₂elk-</b>, <b class="b2">*h₂lek-s-</b> [[ward off]]<br />Etymology: Beside <b class="b3">ἀλεξ-</b> there is the stem <b class="b3">ἀλκ-</b>, see <b class="b3">ἀλκ-ή</b>. They continue <b class="b2">*h₂(e)lk-</b>: <b class="b2">*h₂lek-s</b>. On the meanings s. Holt Les noms d'action en <b class="b3">-σις</b> 78. <b class="b3">ἀλέξ-</b> agrees exactly with Skt. <b class="b2">rákṣati</b> [[protect]].