σῆραγξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=αγγος, ἡ (ὁ, <span class="bibl">Agath.5.6</span>), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cave hollowed out by water, hollow rock</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>549</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>548a24</span>, al.; of a lion's [[den]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.223</span>; of the sponge-like [[pores]] of the lungs, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>70c</span>, Ps.-Democr. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>23</span>; of the [[bronchi]], <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>159</span>; [[medullary cavity]] of a bone, Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.44.20.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[σανίδωμα]] [[used by]] <b class="b3">σηλαγγεύς</b> (q.v.), <span class="bibl">Agatharch.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> v. [[σήραγγος]].</span>

|etymtx=-γγος<br />Grammatical information: f. (m.)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">canyon, hollowed chasm under the sea surface</b> (S., Pl., Arist. etc.), also of hollows and pores of the body (medic.), des. of a bed or plank (Agatharch., cf. <b class="b3">σηλαγγεύς</b>); metaph. = <b class="b3">ἐπιθυμία</b> H. (also <b class="b3">σήραγγος</b>).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σηράγγ-ιον</b> n. washing place in Piraeus (Att.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">full of σ.</b> (medic., Paus. a. o.), <b class="b3">-όομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[to be hollow]], [[to make porous]] (late).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S)<br />Etymology: Formation as the synonymous <b class="b3">φάραγξ</b>; cf. also <b class="b3">φάλαγξ</b> a. o. (Chantraine Form. 399f.); to [[σέσηρα]] (? s. v.), but in detail unclear. -- Clearly a Pre-Greek word (not in Furnée).