αἴγλη: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[gleam]], [[radiance]] (Il.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">αἰγλήεις</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: The connection with Skt. <b class="b2">éjati</b> [[to move]], [[tremble]] (cf. [[αἰγανέη]]), e.g. Thumb IF I4, 343f. is rightly rejected by DELG. - The epithets <b class="b3">Ἀπόλλων Ἀσγελάτας</b> (Anaphe) and <b class="b3">Ἀπόλλων Αἰγλάτας</b> (Anaphe, Thera) are often compared, but I think they are unrelated. It is impossible to explain the form of a [[normal]] noun from a word showing a variation <b class="b3">αἰγλ-</b> \/ <b class="b3">ἀσγ(ε)λ-</b>; this variation looks very much like those of Pre-Greek words, and the epithet, of which the meaning is unknown, may well be of Pre-Greek origin; but there is no [[evidence]] that the noun is of the same origin. The noun may be of Pre-Greek origin - it has no etymology - but that must not be the same oigin as the epithet. For the epithet see with the names.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[ring]] (glosses).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: The connection with Skt. <b class="b2">éjati</b> [[to move]], [[tremble]] (cf. [[αἰγανέη]]), e.g. Thumb IF I4, 343f. is rightly rejected by DELG. - The epithets <b class="b3">Ἀπόλλων Ἀσγελάτας</b> (Anaphe) and <b class="b3">Ἀπόλλων Αἰγλάτας</b> (Anaphe, Thera) are often compared, but I think they are unrelated. It is impossible to explain the form of a [[normal]] noun from a word showing a variation <b class="b3">αἰγλ-</b> \/ <b class="b3">ἀσγ(ε)λ-</b>; this variation looks very much like those of Pre-Greek words, and the epithet, of which the meaning is unknown, may well be of Pre-Greek origin; but there is no evidence that the noun is of the same origin. The noun may be of Pre-Greek origin - it has no etymology - but that must not be the same origin as the epithet. For the epithet see with the names.