σχέτλιος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: Adj. with strong emotional feeling, usu. used in denigrating sense, approx. [[audacious]], [[heinous]], [[cruel]], [[miserable]] (Il.), quite rarely in positiv sense, approx. [[obstinate]], [[tireless]] (Hom.); details on the meaning in Brunius-Nilsson [[Δαιμόνιε]] (Diss. Uppsala 1955) 46ff., 75ff.<br />Derivatives: [[σχετλιάζω]], quite rarely w. [[κατασχετλιάζω]], [[ἀποσχετλιάζω]], [[ἐπισχετλιάζω]], to [[experience]] something as [[cruel]], to [[rise against]], to [[complain]] (Att.) with [[σχετλιασμός]] (Th., Arist. a.o.), [[σχετλιαστικός]] (late).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Prob. from <b class="b3">*σχέ-θλιος</b> dissimilated, which can be a byform of <b class="b3">*σχεθλός</b> (cf. [[μείλιχος]] : <b class="b3">-ιος</b>, [[ἥσυχ-ος]] : <b class="b3">-ιος</b> a.o.); cf. the opposite [[ἐσθλός]]. Orig. meaning therefore [[persevering]]; cf. Hermann Sprachwiss. Komm. zu ι 295. -- The proposed etym. is not supported by any evidence.