αἰσυμνάω: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[rule]] (Hom.)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">αἰσυμνήτηρ Ω</b> 347 has a variant <b class="b3">αἰσυήτηρ</b>. PN <b class="b3">Αἴσυμνος</b>, <b class="b3">Αἰσυήτης</b> (Hom.)<br />Dialectal forms: Meg. <b class="b3">αἰσιμνάω</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">αἰσυμνητήρ</b> (Ω 347 v. 1.), <b class="b3">αἰσυμνήτης</b> (<b class="b3">αἰσιμνάτας</b>) title of a leading magistrate in several towns (inscr., Arist.), in Homer θ 258 umpire of games. <b class="b3">αἰσύμνιον</b> = <b class="b3">βουλευτήριον</b> in Megara from the verb or from <b class="b3">*αἴσυμνος</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Derived from <b class="b3">αἶσα</b> (- <b class="b3">αἴσιμος</b> - <b class="b3">*αἰσίμων</b> - <b class="b3">*αἴσιμνος</b>) by Solmsen Wortf. 36ff. and Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 172f. (<b class="b3">-υ</b>\/<b class="b3">ι-</b> through assimilation?; rejected by Schwyzer 275 Zus. 1). Chantr. Form. 216, like v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 33, assume, no doubt correctly, Pre-Greek origin, which explains <b class="b3">μ</b>\/F (cf. Fur. 244) and <b class="b3">υ</b>\/<b class="b3">ι</b>. Benveniste St. Etruschi 7, 1933, 255ff and LfgrE. Deroy AntCl. 26, 1958, 404-410 compares Lat. [[aerumna]]. (One is reminded of <b class="b3">κυβερνάω</b>.)

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