σάλος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">turbulent movement of the sea, flushing of the waves</b>, also [[anchorage]], [[roads]] as opposed to a protected harbour (S., E., Lys., hell. a. late), metaph. of an earthquake (E. IT 46), <b class="b2">turbulent emotion</b> (LXX, Gal., Max. Tyr.; cf. <b class="b3">ἀσαλής</b>, <b class="b3">σάλη</b> below).<br />Compounds: Some late compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ἐπί-σαλος</b> <b class="b2">exposed to the σάλος</b> (Secund., Peripl. M. Rubr. a.o.); prob. also in the ep. <b class="b3">κονί-σαλος</b> <b class="b2">cloud of dust</b> (s. <b class="b3">κόνις</b>). With transference to the <b class="b3">σ-</b>stems <b class="b3">ἀ-σαλής</b> [[unshaken]], [[unconcerned]] (A. Fr. 319 = 634 M.) with <b class="b3">ἀσάλ-εια</b> f. = <b class="b3">ἀμεριμνία</b>, <b class="b3">ἀλογιστία</b> (Sophr. 113), <b class="b3">ἀσαλεῖν ἀφροντιστῆσαι</b> H.; to this, prob. as backformation, <b class="b3">σάλη</b>, <b class="b3">σάλα</b> f. = <b class="b3">φροντίς</b> (Et. Gen., H.).<br />Derivatives: Denomin.: 1. <b class="b3">σαλεύω</b>, also w. prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">δια-</b>, prop. of the ship <b class="b2">to roll (on the waves), to throw oneself about, to oscillate</b>, trans. <b class="b2">to make oscillate, to shock</b> (Att. since A., also Hp., hell. a. late) with <b class="b3">σάλευσις</b> (<b class="b3">δια-</b>) f. [[oscillation]] (Arist. a.o.), <b class="b3">σάλευμα</b> n. <b class="b2">id.</b> (D. Chr.). 2. <b class="b3">σαλόομαι</b> <b class="b2">to go with a rocking motion</b> (EM as explanation of <b class="b3">σαλάκων</b>). -- With velar suffix: 1. <b class="b3">σάλαξ</b>, <b class="b3">-ακος</b> m. <b class="b2">large sieve of mineworkers</b> (Arist. or Thphr. ap. Poll.), also as Att. name of a potter (<b class="b3">Σάλαχς</b>; Krahe IF 57, 113), <b class="b3">-αγξ μεταλλικὸν σκεῦος</b> H.; <b class="b3">σαλάκων</b>, <b class="b3">-ωνος</b> m. [[boaster]], [[swaggerer]], [[dandy]] (Arist.; of the varying Ganges) with <b class="b3">σαλακων-ία</b> (<b class="b3">-εία</b>) f. (Arist., Alciphr.), <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> (<b class="b3">δια-</b> Ar.), <b class="b3">-ίζομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-εύομαι</b> (H., Phot., Suid.); <b class="b3">σαλάσσω</b> (<b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>) <b class="b2">to shake</b> (Nic., AP), prob. directly from <b class="b3">σάλος</b> after <b class="b3">τινάσσω</b>, <b class="b3">ταράσσω</b> a.o. 2. <b class="b3">σαλαγέω</b> = <b class="b3">σαλάσσω</b>, <b class="b3">σαλεύω</b> (Opp., Orac. ap. Luc.), <b class="b3">σαλαγή βοή</b> H.; cf. <b class="b3">πατα-γέω</b>, <b class="b3">-σσω</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Orig. technical word of sailors language; without convincing etymology. A very doubtful hypothesis (Lat. [[tullius]] etc.) s. <b class="b3">τύλη</b>, <b class="b3">τύλος</b>. -- Furnée 256 connects [[θάλασσα]]\/*<b class="b3">σάλασσα</b> (s.v.) and <b class="b3">ζάλη</b>, <b class="b3">ζάλος</b> [[tornado]], [[whirlpool]] and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek. This is confirmed\/shown by the suffixes <b class="b3">-αγ-</b>, <b class="b3">-ακ-</b>, <b class="b3">-αγκ-</b>; cf. [[σηλαγγεύς]] (s.v.). -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[salus]], [[salum]] ?