πίθηκος: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[monkey]] (IA. since Archil.).<br />Other forms: Dor. <b class="b3">-ακος</b> (Ar. Ach., Egypt. inscr.).<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">πιθηκο-φαγέω</b> <b class="b2">to eat monkey(-flesh)</b> (Hdt.), <b class="b3">χοιρο-πίθηκος</b> m. "pig-monkey", <b class="b2">monkey with a pig's nose</b> (Arist.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Diminutives: <b class="b3">πιθήκ-ιον</b> n. (Plaut.), also metaph. as plantname (Ps.-Apul.) and as designation of a weight hanged between two warships (Ath. Mech.); <b class="b3">-ιδεύς</b> m. (Ael.; Bosshardt 72). 2. Adj.: <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">monkey-like</b> (Arist., Ael.), <b class="b3">-ειος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to monkeys, monkey-</b> (Gal.); <b class="b3">-όεις</b>, f. <b class="b3">-όεσσα</b> in <b class="b3">Πιθηκοῦσσαι νῆσοι</b> f. pl. <b class="b2">the Monkey Islands</b> before the coast of Campania (Arist., Str.). 3. Verb <b class="b3">-ίζω</b>, also w. <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>, <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b2">play the ape</b> with <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> m. <b class="b2">monkey-trick</b> (Ar.). -- With transition in fem. and metaph. meaning <b class="b3">πιθήκη</b> f. = <b class="b3">ψύλλα</b>, [[flea]] (Ael.); as consonantstem <b class="b3">πίθηξ</b>, <b class="b3">-ηκος</b> (Aesop.), secondar. after <b class="b3">φύλακος</b> : <b class="b3">φύλαξ</b> a.o. On itself stand <b class="b3">πίθων</b>, <b class="b3">-ωνος</b> m. <b class="b2">small monkey</b> (Pi., Babr.), prob. endearing and short name; on <b class="b3">-ων</b> Chantraine Form. 161, Schwyzer 487.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: On the <b class="b3">κ-</b>suffix cf. <b class="b3">ἱέραξ</b>, <b class="b3">μύρμηξ</b> a.o.; thematic vowel as in <b class="b3">ψιττακός</b>. -- Since Solmsen RLM 53, 141 usu. connected to Lat. [[foedus]] [[ugly]] as cognate (IE <b class="b2">*bhidh-</b>: <b class="b2">bhoidh-</b>) with reference to the opposite <b class="b3">καλλίας</b> (s. v.). Rather LW [loanword]; s. Nehring Glotta 14, 184 and Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 16f.; cf. also WP. 2, 186. -- Prob. Pre-Greek.

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