ἴφθιμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[stout]], [[strong]], of bodily strength, <b class="b3">ὤμοις ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.18.204</span>; <b class="b3">κρατὶ ἐπ' ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">3.336</span>; ἰ. ποταμῶν <span class="bibl">17.749</span>; βοῶν ἴ. κάρηνα <span class="bibl">23.260</span>; of heroes, <b class="b3">ἴ. ψυχαί, κεφαλαί</b>, <span class="bibl">1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">11.55</span>; of Hades, <span class="bibl">Od. 10.534</span>; also, of women, [[comely]], [[stately]], ἰ. βασίλεια <span class="bibl">16.332</span>; ἄλοχος <span class="bibl">Il.5.415</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.128</span>; παράκοιτις <span class="bibl">Od.23.92</span>, etc.; θυγάτηρ <span class="bibl">15.364</span>; Πηρώ <span class="bibl">11.287</span>: later, generally, [[strong]], [[powerful]], ἰφθίμης φιλότητος <span class="bibl">D.P.655</span>:—Hom. uses <b class="b3">ἰφθίμη</b> of women; but <b class="b3">ἴφθιμοι ψυχαί, κεφαλαί</b>, speaking of men. (No <b class="b3">ϝ-</b>; prob. not cogn. with <b class="b3">ἴς, ἶφι</b>.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[powerful]], [[strong]], [[vigilant]] (Hom., Theoc., D. P.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: -Uncertain because the meaning is uncertain (as are <b class="b3">ἐρῆμος</b>, <b class="b3">ἑτοῖμος</b>, s. vv.). The abcence of a digamma (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 143) makes connection with <b class="b3">ἴς</b>, <b class="b3">ἶφι</b> improbable. Kuiper Glotta 21, 289ff. and ZII 8, 249f. connected <b class="b3">φθάνω</b> and (with Collitz BB 18, 226ff.) Skt. <b class="b2">kṣáyati</b> [[possess]], [[dominate]]; s. the doubts in Schwyzer 326 n. 1. Prob. a Pre-Greek word.