ἐνηής: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[mild]], [[soft]], [[benevolent]] (IG 14, 1648, 8; metrical tomb-inscription)<br />Other forms: gen. and acc. sg. <b class="b3">ἐνηέος</b>, <b class="b3">-έα</b> (Hom., Hes.), nom. pl. <b class="b3">-ῆες</b>, <b class="b3">-έες</b> (Opp.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐνηείη</b> [[mildness]], [[benevolence]] (Ρ 670, Opp.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [77] <b class="b2">*h₂eu̯-</b> [[benevolence]], [[help]]<br />Etymology: Uncertain. Formations like <b class="b3">ἐν-τελής</b> (to <b class="b3">τέλος</b>) point to a second member <b class="b3">*ἦος</b>, which can be PGr. <b class="b3">*ἆϜος</b>, which differs only in ablaut from Skt. <b class="b2">ávas-</b>, Av. <b class="b2">avah-</b> n. [[favour]], [[benevolence]], [[help]] (to which belongs also Lat. [[aveō]] etc.); so <b class="b3">ἐνηής</b> is prop. <b class="b2">having benevolence</b> (cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 456). For the ablaut cf. <b class="b3">ἄγος</b> beside Skt. <b class="b2">ā́gas-</b> (compositional lengthening?). Other possibilities in Strömberg Prefix Studies 115. - One compared <b class="b3">ἀΐτης</b> (s.v.), from <b class="b3">*ἄ(Ϝ)ος</b> with short <b class="b3">α-</b>. Further Pok. 77f., W.-Hofmann s. [[aveō]].