ἄοζος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">servant (of a god)</b> (A. Ag. 231 ). <b class="b3">ἄοζοι ὑπηρέται</b>, [[θεράποντες]], [[ἀκόλουθοι]] H.<br />Other forms: [[ἄζος]] = [[θεράπων]] or [[θεράπαινα]] Seleucus et Gloss. ap. Ath. 6, 267c = Eust. 1024, 44 and 1090, 56.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[aozejo]] prob. not here.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: In the same sense [[ὄζος]] in epic <b class="b3">ὄζος Ἄρηος</b>, if = <b class="b3">θεράπων Ἄ</b>., cf. [[ὀζεία]] (cod. [[ὀζειέα]]) [[θεραπεία]] H. This [[ὄζος]] is considered to be identical with [[ὄζος]] [[branch]], as did the ancients: <b class="b3">ὁ κλάδος τοῦ πολέμου</b> H. Modern scholars take it as [[sprout]], but DELG notes that [[ὄζος]] does not have this meaning. Nevertheless one assumes the same etymology: <b class="b2">*o-zd-o-</b>, i.e. prefix <b class="b2">o-</b> and zero grade of <b class="b2">sed-</b> <b class="b2">sit (down)</b>, so orig. [[comes]], [[companion]]; not very convincing. <b class="b3">ἄ-οζος</b> could have [[α]] copulativum, perhaps under influence of [[ἀοσσέω]] (q. v.), [[ἄοσσος]]. Brugmann IF 19, 379 against Schulze Q. 498, who explains [[ἄοζος]] from <b class="b3">*ἀ-σοδ-ι̯ο-ς</b>, from [[ὁδός]], what Frisk and DELG do not reject. - Fur. 341 cites the form [[ἄζος]], and concludes from [[α]]\/[[ο]] that the word is Pre-Greek. He assumes (374) with Frisk that [[ἄοζος]] has a secondary [[α]] copulativum, which is uncertain, however; it could be a real Pre-Greek prothesis.