γλῶσσα: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[tongue]], [[language]] (Il.), [[rare]], [[dialectal word]] (Arist.).<br />Other forms: Att. <b class="b3">γλῶττα</b>; Ion. also <b class="b3">γλάσσα</b> (s. below)<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">γλώσσ-αργος</b> [[garrulous]] (Pi.), from <b class="b3">γλώσσ-αλγος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>; from here <b class="b3">στόμαργος</b>, s. Strömberg Wortstudien 31; diff. (to <b class="b3">ἀργός</b> [[quick]]) Willis AmJPh 63, 87ff.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">γλωσσάριον</b> (Dsc., pap.), <b class="b3">γλωσσίδιον</b> (Zen.); <b class="b3">γλώσσημα</b> <b class="b2">point of an arrow</b> (A.) retains the original meaning; s. Chantr. Form. 186), also [[rare word]] (Quint.), <b class="b3">γλωσσηματικός</b> (D. H.); <b class="b3">γλωσσώδης</b> [[talkative]] (LXX), <b class="b3">γλωσσός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hdn.); <b class="b3">γλωσσίς</b> <b class="b2">inflammation of the tongue</b> (Hippiatr.). - <b class="b3">γλωττίς</b> <b class="b2">end of a pipe, glottis</b> (Hero), also a bird (Arist., s. Thompson Birds s. v.); <b class="b3">γλωττικός</b> (Arist.); denom. <b class="b3">γλωττίζω</b> <b class="b2">kiss with the tongue</b>, <b class="b3">γλωττισμός</b> (AP).<br />Origin: see <b class="b3">γλῶχ-ες</b><br />Etymology: Prop. "with point", <b class="b3">ια-</b>derivation from <b class="b3">γλῶχ-ες</b>, q.v. Ion. <b class="b3">γλάσσα</b> prob. from a paradigm <b class="b3">*γλωχ-</b>, <b class="b3">*γλαχ-</b> which is explained as nom. <b class="b2">*glogʰ-s</b>, gen. <b class="b2">*gl̥gʰ-ós</b>. (Beekes, Devel. 246. - The old word for [[tongue]] was <b class="b2">*dn̥ǵʰuH-</b> (Lat. [[lingua]]), Pok. 223).