ἑσμός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, (ἕζομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[that which settles]], esp. [[a swarm of bees]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.114</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>708b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.2.28</span> ; ἑ. λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dio</span>24</span> ; of wasps, <b class="b3">καθ' ἑσμούς</b> in [[swarms]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1107</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[any swarm]] or [[flock]], <b class="b3">ἑ. ὑβριστής</b>, of men, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>30</span>(anap.) ; <b class="b3">ἑ. ὡς πελειάδων ἵζεσθε</b> ib.<span class="bibl">223</span> ; γυναικῶν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>353</span>, etc. ; [τεχνιτ] ῶν <span class="title">Pae.Delph.</span>14 ; στρατιᾶς <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>985 (Philae). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> (ἵημι) of things, <b class="b3">ἑσμοὶ γάλακτος</b> [[streams]] of milk, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 710</span> ; <b class="b3">ἑ. μελίσσης γλυκύς</b>, i.e. honey, <span class="bibl">Epin.1.7</span> ; ἑ. νούσων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 684</span> (lyr.); λόγων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>450b</span> ; πληγῶν <span class="bibl">Ph.2.95</span> ; παθῶν <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span> 1.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> = [[ὁδός]], Hsch.; πατρίδος καλῆς τὸν ἐπάξιον ἑ. ἑλέσθαι <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>1.220(ii B.C.). (<b class="b3">ἐ</b>-freq.in codd., but cf. Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">Eust.178.16</span>.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[a swarm of bees]] (Ion.-Att.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">ἑσμο-τόκος</b> [[bring forth swarms of bees]] (AP).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἕσμιον νόστιμον</b> H. (here?) - Also <b class="b3">ἀφεσμός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Arist. HA 629a 9) as a cross with <b class="b3">ἄφεσις</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Arist. HA 625a 20; pl.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [502] <b class="b2">*ieh₁-</b> [[throw]] or [884] <b class="b2">*sed-</b> [[sit]]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">ἵημι</b>, resp. <b class="b3">ἀφ-ίημι</b> or from <b class="b3">ἔζομαι</b>, with <b class="b3">σμο-</b>suffix. Schwyzer 493 w. n. 5 , Brugmann IF 28, 354f.