ἐμύς
γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural
English (LSJ)
or ἑμύς, ύδος, ἡ, fresh-water tortoise, esp. Emys lutaria, Arist.HA558a8, al.; also ὁ, ib.600b22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 818] od. ἑμύς, ύδος, ἡ, Wasser- oder Sumpfschildkröte, Arist. H. A. 2, 15. 5, 33 u. öfter, mit schwankender Schreibung.
Greek Monolingual
η και ο (Α ἐμύς και ἑμύς)
νεοελλ.
ζωολ. γένος αμφίβιων ερπετών της οικογένειας τών τεστουδινιδών που περιλαμβάνει 10 περίπου είδη χελωνών
αρχ.
χελώνα τών γλυκών νερών.
Frisk Etymological English
-ύδος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: sweet water-tortoise (Arist.) (in LSJ only in Suppl.)
Other forms: Also ἑ- (LSJSuppl.), m. and f. And ἀμύς id. Archig. ap. Gal. 12.575.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: S. Chantraine Formation 126 and 347; origin unknown. Sommer Lautstud. 100 derives it from ἐμέω because the animal, when breathing out below the water-level lets go continuously air-bubbles. But -ud- is not an IE suffix, so prob. a Pre-Greek word; s. Chantr. Form. 348 πηλαμύς "sans doute prèhellénique," χλαμύς "arrangement d'un mot emprunté.") Cf. Beekes Pre-Greek suff. -υδ-. It has apparently escaped researchers that there are two forms; this prob. points to Pre-Greek origin (Fur. 346f.), though I cannot explain the variation ἀ-/ἐ-. There is no support for the suggestion that πηλαμύς is compounded with it (which would make no difference for the interpretation). - So not to Celtic with Stokes BB 21, 132.
Frisk Etymology German
ἐμύς: -ύδος
{emús}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Süßwasserschildkröte (Arist.).
Etymology: Zur Bildung Chantraine Formation 126 und 347; Herkunft unsicher. Vermutung bei Sommer Lautstud. 100: von ἐμέω wegen der Gewohnheit des Tieres, während des Aufenthalts unter dem Wasserspiegel beim Ausatmen beständig Luftbläschen an die Oberfläche steigen zu lassen. — Keltische Kombination bei Stokes BB 21, 132.
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