ἄβα
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
English (LSJ)
τρόχος, ἢ βοή, Hsch. ἀβάγητρον· λεπτόν, Hsch., cf. ἀβαήρ.
2 Doric for ἥβη.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄβα: ἡ, Δωρ. ἀντὶ ἥβη.
Spanish (DGE)
τροχός, ἢ βοή Hsch. v. ἀββα, ἥβη.
Frisk Etymological English
Meaning: τροχὸς η βοή H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: The latter to ipf. αὖε called. Further cf. ἀβήρει ᾄδει and ἀβέσσει ἐπιποθεῖ, θορυβεῖ H.; lastly ἄβωρ meaning βοή. Most doubtful. Cf. αὑδή,ἀείδω.
Frisk Etymology German
ἄβα: {ába}
Meaning: τροχὸς ἢ βοή H.
Etymology: Im letzteren Sinn nach Specht KZ 59, 120f. zum hom. Ipf. αὖε rief. Specht zieht ferner heran ἀβήρει· ᾄδει und ἀβέσσει· ἐπιποθεῖ, θορυβεῖ H., außerdem noch ἀβώρ (ἄβωρ cod.) im Sinn von βοή. Sehr hypothetisch. Vgl. αὐδή, ἀείδω.
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