αἰσυμνάω
English (LSJ)
Dor. αἰσιμνάω,
A rule over, αἰσυμνᾷ χθονός E.Med.19; preside over, μολπῶν SIG57.1 (Miletus); generally, rule, οὐ δίκαια αἰ. Call.Iamb.1.162. 2 hold office of αἰσυμνήτης (q. v.), GDI3053 (Chalcedon), 5632 (Teos); at Naxos, IG12(9).223 (Eretria, iii B. C.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἰσυμνάω: ἄρχω, κρατῶ, κυβερνῶ, αἰσυμνᾷ χθονός, Εὐρ. Μήδ. 19· αἰσυμνῶντες, Ἐπιγρ. Μεγάρ. 3054· πρβλ. αἰσυμνήτης, ΙΙ. αἰσυμνητεία.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
seul. prés.
régner sur, commander à, gén..
Étymologie: αἶσα.
Spanish (DGE)
• Morfología: [dór. inf. αἰσιμνῆν IKalchedon 6.1, cf. 7.6 (ambas heleníst.), part. αἰσυμνέων Call.Fr.192.6]
1 regir, gobernar c. gen. χθονός E.Med.19, c. ac. adverb. οὐ δίκαια Call.l.c.
2 ser αἰσυμνήτης (q.u.) especie de dictador elegido SIG 38.8 (Teos V a.C.), ᾐσύμνας Ἐφέσου Call.Fr.102, cf. IG 12(9).223.5 (Eretria III a.C.), IKalchedon 6.1 (heleníst.)
•jefe de un tíaso que ostentaba el poder anualmente en Mileto y era a la vez epónimo μολπῶν αἰσυμνῶν Milet 1(3).133.1 (V a.C.).
• Etimología: Se propone ya derivación de αἶσα, ya origen pregriego, relacionado quizá con lat. (etrusco) aerumna o ai. iṣe ‘dominar’.
Greek Monotonic
αἰσυμνάω: Δωρ. αἰσιμνάω, κυβερνώ, διοικώ, ηγεμονεύω, με γεν., σε Ευρ. (αμφίβ. προέλ.).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
αἰσυμνάω: повелевать, править (χθονός Eur.).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: rule (Hom.)
Other forms: αἰσυμνήτηρ Ω 347 has a variant αἰσυήτηρ. PN Αἴσυμνος, Αἰσυήτης (Hom.)
Dialectal forms: Meg. αἰσιμνάω
Derivatives: αἰσυμνητήρ (Ω 347 v. 1.), αἰσυμνήτης (αἰσιμνάτας) title of a leading magistrate in several towns (inscr., Arist.), in Homer θ 258 umpire of games. αἰσύμνιον = βουλευτήριον in Megara from the verb or from *αἴσυμνος.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Derived from αἶσα (- αἴσιμος - *αἰσίμων - *αἴσιμνος) by Solmsen Wortf. 36ff. and Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 172f. (-υ\/ι- through assimilation?; rejected by Schwyzer 275 Zus. 1). Chantr. Form. 216, like v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 33, assume, no doubt correctly, Pre-Greek origin, which explains μ\/F (cf. Fur. 244) and υ\/ι. Benveniste St. Etruschi 7, 1933, 255ff and LfgrE. Deroy AntCl. 26, 1958, 404-410 compares Lat. aerumna. (One is reminded of κυβερνάω.)
