κλόνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, Hom. (only in Il.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[clonus]], [[confused motion]], [[turmoil]], esp. [[battle-rout]], κατὰ κλόνον Il.16.331, 713; <b class="b3">κ. ἐλχειάων</b> [[throng]] of spears, 5.167, 20.319; ἐν δὲ κλόνον ἧκε κακόν [Ἀπόλλων] 16.729; <b class="b3">κ. ἀνδρῶν</b> [[throng]] of [[men]], Hes.''Sc.''148; Trag.(not in S.) only in lyr., <b class="b3">ἱππιοχάρμας κλόνους</b> [[throng]]s of [[fighting]] horsemen, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''106; ἀσπίστορας κλόνους Id.''Ag.''404; σκέψαι κλόνον… Γιγάντων E.''Ion''206: in later Prose, [[trembling]], [[confusion]], Aq.''Ez.''12.8, Them.''Or.''6.73b; [[agitation]] of mind, ὁ ἄφρων σάλον καὶ κ. ὑπομένει Ph.1.230.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[agitation]] in physiological sense, of wind in the bowels, Ar.''Nu.''387; κλόνου πάταγος Aret.''SD''1.7; οἱονεί τινα σφυγμὸν καὶ κ. ἔχοντος τοῦ πνεύματος Plu.2.681a; of the pulse, Gal.9.76; of the body generally, ib.651: generally, [[shaking]], [[agitation]], Alex.Aphr.''in Top.''466.25.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[excitement]], [[excited throng]], [[turmoil, t. of battle]] (Il.; on the meaning Trümpy Fachausdrücke 157f.);<br />Compounds: rarely in compp., e. g. <b class="b3">ἄ-κλονος</b> [[without excitment]], [[quiet]] (Gal., of the pulse).<br />Derivatives: Denomin. [[κλονέω]] (mostly present), also with prefix as <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, [[excite]], [[urge]], pass. [[be pressed]], [[get in excitement]] (Il.) with [[κλόνησις]] [[Excitement]] (Hp.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Mostly derived from [[κέλομαι]], so <b class="b3">κλ-όνος</b>, with the same formation as in <b class="b3">θρ-όνος</b> (s. v. and Schwyzer 490). I doubt this explanation: words in <b class="b3">-ονος</b> are rare, and the analysis of [[θρόνος]] is also uncertain. Rater a Pre-Greek word.