γλῶσσα: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[tongue]], [[language]] (Il.), [[rare]], [[dialectal word]] (Arist.).<br />Other forms: Att. [[γλῶττα]]; Ion. also [[γλάσσα]] (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 [[στόμαργος]], s. Strömberg Wortstudien 31; diff. (to [[ἀργός]] [[quick]]) Willis AmJPh 63, 87ff.<br />Derivatives: [[γλωσσάριον]] (Dsc., pap.), [[γλωσσίδιον]] (Zen.); [[γλώσσημα]] [[point of an arrow]] (A.) retains the original meaning; s. Chantr. Form. 186), also [[rare word]] (Quint.), [[γλωσσηματικός]] (D. H.); [[γλωσσώδης]] [[talkative]] (LXX), [[γλωσσός]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hdn.); [[γλωσσίς]] [[inflammation of the tongue]] (Hippiatr.). - [[γλωττίς]] [[end of a pipe]], [[glottis]] (Hero), also a bird (Arist., s. Thompson Birds s. v.); [[γλωττικός]] (Arist.); denom. [[γλωττίζω]] [[kiss with the tongue]], [[γλωττισμός]] (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. [[γλάσσα]] 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).