ἄδρυα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἀκρόδρυα]], <span class="bibl">Ath.3.83a</span>; Sicilian word, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">upright pieces</b> of a plough, Id. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> (<b class="b3">ἀ-</b> copul.) <b class="b2">canoes made of hollowed tree-trunks, dug-outs</b> (Cypr.), Id.</span>

|etymtx=Meaning: <b class="b3">πλοῖα μονόξυλα</b>, <b class="b3">Κύπριοι</b>. <b class="b3">Λέγονται δε καὶ οἱ ἐν τῳ̃ ἀρότρῳ στῦλοι</b>. <b class="b3">Σικελοὶ δε ἄδρυα λέγουσι τὰ μῆλα</b>, <b class="b3">παρὰ δε Ἀττικοῖς ἀκρόδρυα</b>. H. Also <b class="b3">ἄδρυα· οἱ στῦλοι</b> (poles) <b class="b3">ἀρότρου</b>, <b class="b3">δι</b>' <b class="b3">ὧν ὁ ἱστοβοεὺς ἁρμόζεται</b>. H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] [214]<br />Etymology: The first seems from <b class="b3">*ἅ-δρυα</b> <b class="b2">(consisting) of one (single) tree</b>, <b class="b3">ἁ-</b> < <b class="b2">*sm̥-</b> and <b class="b3">δρῦς</b>. For the meaning <b class="b2">one single</b> cf. <b class="b3">μώνυχες</b>, s.v. <b class="b3">ὄνυξ</b>. But in the third meaning it is a variant of [[μάδρυα]], which is non-IE (s. there), so it is probably folk-etymology (compounds with <b class="b3">δρυ-</b> are rare and doubtful; see DELG s.v. <b class="b3">δρῦς</b>). (One might consider that the kernel of these stone-fruits, in some cases, easily falls in two parts, which resemble a canoe.) - On the second part nothing can be said. - On the third see [[μάδρυα]].