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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[food]], [[corn]], pl. <b class="b2">cake of flour and honey, honeycombs</b> (Call., Nic., H., EM).<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">ὄμπη</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὄμπν(ε)ιος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to corn, high in nourishment, fruitful</b> (S. Fr. 246, hell. poet.), f. <b class="b3">Ὄμπνια</b> surname of Demeter (Call., Nonn.; after <b class="b3">πότνια</b>); <b class="b3">ὀμπνειόχειρ πλουσιόχειρ</b>, <b class="b3">πλούσιος</b> H.; <b class="b3">ὀμπνιακός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (AP); <b class="b3">ὀμπνηρὸν ὕδωρ τρόφιμον</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Since long (Curtius) conneceted with Skt. <b class="b2">ápnas</b> n. [[produce]], [[property]], [[possession]], OWNo. [[efni]] n. (PGm. <b class="b2">*afnii̯a-</b>, IE <b class="b2">*ópnii̯o-m</b> n.) <b class="b2">material, goods for smth.</b> (with [[efna]], OE [[æfnan]] <b class="b2">carry out, work</b>); the inner nasal through anticipation of the suffix? (cf. E. Kretschmer Festschr. Kretschmer 118); from there through dissim. <b class="b3">ὄμπη</b>(?) Here perh. also Hitt. <b class="b2">ḫappin-ant-</b>'rich, <b class="b2">-eš-</b> <b class="b2">get rich</b>, <b class="b2">-aḫḫ-</b> <b class="b2">make rich</b> (Laroche Rev. hitt. et as. 11, 41 f.). -- On further connection with Lat. [[ops]], [[opus]] etc. s. W.-Hofmann s. vv. and s. [[omnis]], WP. 1, 175 f., Pok. 780. Unclear <b class="b3">ὀμφύνειν αὔξειν</b>, <b class="b3">σεμνύνειν</b>, <b class="b3">ἐντιμότερον ποιεῖν</b> H. (Not here [[ἄφενος]].) - Acc. to Furnée 161 <b class="b3">ὀμφὺνειν</b> points to a form <b class="b3">ὀμφυ-</b>, which shows that the word is Pre-Greek.

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