σμυγερός: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">painful, toilsome, miserable or the like.</b> (A. R.; also S. Ph. 166 for <b class="b3">στυγερός</b>?).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐπι-σμύγερος</b>, adv. <b class="b3">-ῶς</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Od., Hes. Sc. 264, A. R.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown], PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Expressive contamination(?), perh. from <b class="b3">μογερός</b> and <b class="b3">στυγερός</b>; <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b> after <b class="b3">ἐπί-πονος</b> a. o. Attempt of a morphological explanation by Strömberg Prefix Studies 90. - Furnée 363 compares <b class="b3">μόγος</b> and <b class="b3">σμογερόν σκληρόν</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπίβουλον</b>, <b class="b3">μοχθηρόν</b> (<b class="b3">Η</b>.) while comparing <b class="b3">σμυγερόν ἐπίπονον</b>, <b class="b3">οἰκτρόν</b>, <b class="b3">μοχθηρόν</b>, <b class="b3">πονηρόν</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπίβουλον</b>, <b class="b3">ἀνιαρόν</b>, <b class="b3">χαλεπόν</b> (<b class="b3">Η</b>.). This would show that the word is Pre-Greek.

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