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|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">reap corn, cut, (mow down)</b> (Il.)<br />Other forms: Homer often has long <b class="b3">α-</b>, no doubt m.c. (Chantr. Gr. hom. 111)<br />Compounds: esp. in <b class="b3">ἀπ-</b>, <b class="b3">διαμάω</b> <b class="b2">cut off</b>, mow, harvest' (Od.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἄμητος</b> m. [[harvest]] (Hom.; on the accent s. LSJ), <b class="b3">ἀμητήρ</b> [[reaper]] (Il.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [703] <b class="b2">*h₂meh₁-</b> [[mow]]<br />Etymology: The etym. depends on the original meaning, which in this case is not quite clear: [[mow]], [[cut]], or even [[scrape]] (<b class="b3">δι-</b>, s. DELG s.v.) - If connected with OHG [[māen]], OE [[māwan]] [[mow]] we have a root <b class="b2">*h₂meh₁-</b>; <b class="b3">ἄμητος</b> could then be identical with MHG [[māt]], OE [[mæd]] [[reaping]]. <b class="b3">ἀμάω</b> through assimilation of <b class="b2">h₂</b>...<b class="b2">h₁</b> or [[a]]...[[e]] or late rebuilding of <b class="b2">*ameie-</b> (Peters 91 n. 41), or from <b class="b3">ἀμ-</b> < <b class="b2">*h₂mh₁-</b> before vowel + <b class="b3">-αω</b>. Lat. [[meto]] could be connected as <b class="b2">*h₂m-et-</b>. Much more doubtful is Hitt. <b class="b2">ḫamešḫ(a</b>)- <b class="b2">summer, harvest-time</b>. See Bechtel Lex. - Not here <b class="b3">ἄμη</b> [[shovel]] acc. to Schulze Q. 365 A. 3; Solmsen Wortforschung 195 connects it with OCS [[jama]] [[pit]], [[quarry]]; Morgenstierne Acta orientalia 7, 200 connects Pashto [[yūm]] [[spade]]; cf. Pok. 502 (but it is doubtful whether a PIE root <b class="b2">*ieh₂m-</b> is permissible). - The verb <b class="b3">δι-αμάω</b> is separated from <b class="b3">ἀμάω</b> [[mow]] by Irigoin, LfgrE. On [[ἄμαλλα]] [[sheaf]] and [[ἀμάρα]] [[canal]] s.v.<br />2. See also: [[ἀμάομαι]] | |etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">reap corn, cut, (mow down)</b> (Il.)<br />Other forms: Homer often has long <b class="b3">α-</b>, no doubt m.c. (Chantr. Gr. hom. 111)<br />Compounds: esp. in <b class="b3">ἀπ-</b>, <b class="b3">διαμάω</b> <b class="b2">cut off</b>, mow, harvest' (Od.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἄμητος</b> m. [[harvest]] (Hom.; on the accent s. LSJ), <b class="b3">ἀμητήρ</b> [[reaper]] (Il.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [703] <b class="b2">*h₂meh₁-</b> [[mow]]<br />Etymology: The etym. depends on the original meaning, which in this case is not quite clear: [[mow]], [[cut]], or even [[scrape]] (<b class="b3">δι-</b>, s. DELG s.v.) - If connected with OHG [[māen]], OE [[māwan]] [[mow]] we have a root <b class="b2">*h₂meh₁-</b>; <b class="b3">ἄμητος</b> could then be identical with MHG [[māt]], OE [[mæd]] [[reaping]]. <b class="b3">ἀμάω</b> through assimilation of <b class="b2">h₂</b>...<b class="b2">h₁</b> or [[a]]...[[e]] or late rebuilding of <b class="b2">*ameie-</b> (Peters 91 n. 41), or from <b class="b3">ἀμ-</b> < <b class="b2">*h₂mh₁-</b> before vowel + <b class="b3">-αω</b>. Lat. [[meto]] could be connected as <b class="b2">*h₂m-et-</b>. Much more doubtful is Hitt. <b class="b2">ḫamešḫ(a</b>)- <b class="b2">summer, harvest-time</b>. See Bechtel Lex. - Not here <b class="b3">ἄμη</b> [[shovel]] acc. to Schulze Q. 365 A. 3; Solmsen Wortforschung 195 connects it with OCS [[jama]] [[pit]], [[quarry]]; Morgenstierne Acta orientalia 7, 200 connects Pashto [[yūm]] [[spade]]; cf. Pok. 502 (but it is doubtful whether a PIE root <b class="b2">*ieh₂m-</b> is permissible). - The verb <b class="b3">δι-αμάω</b> is separated from <b class="b3">ἀμάω</b> [[mow]] by Irigoin, LfgrE. On [[ἄμαλλα]] [[sheaf]] and [[ἀμάρα]] [[canal]] s.v.<br />2. See also: [[ἀμάομαι]] | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=1 [From Root !μα, with a_euphon; cf. Lat. MET-O, to mow.]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[reap]] [[corn]], absol., Il., Hes.; metaph., ἤμησαν [[καλῶς]] they reaped [[abundantly]], Aesch.:—so c. acc. to [[reap]], [[λήϊον]] Od.; [[σῖτον]] Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]], to cut reeds, etc., Il., Theocr. <br />2<br />in Mid. to [[gather]] [[together]], [[collect]], as reapers [[gather]] in [[corn]], ἀμησάμενοι [[γάλα]] having [[collected]] [[milk]]:—so in Act., ἀμήσας κόνιν, having scraped [[together]] [[earth]] [[over]] a [[corpse]], Anth. | |||
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