ῥαδινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, Aeol. βράδῐνος [<b class="b3">ᾰ], α, ον</b>, poet. Adj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[slender]], [[taper]], ἱμάσθλη <span class="bibl">Il.23.583</span>; ἄκοντες <span class="bibl">Stesich.53</span>; κίονες Ibyc.58; of plants, ὄρπαξ Sapph.104; φοῖνιξ <span class="bibl">Thgn.6</span>; κυπάρισσοι <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.45</span>, <span class="bibl">27.46</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of the limbs or body, [[taper]], [[slim]], [[slender]], πόδες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>183</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>195</span>; χεῖρες <span class="bibl">Thgn.1002</span>, cf. <span class="title">Ath.Mitt.</span>17.272 (Athens, ii A.D.); μηροί <span class="bibl">Anacr. 66</span>; πῶλοι <span class="bibl">Id.165</span> (unless in signf. <span class="bibl">3</span>); βραδίναν Ἀφροδίταν Sapph.90; παῖς <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.24</span>; σώματα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>2.5</span>; ῥ. τῷ μήκει τοῦ σώματος Plu.2.723d; of the neck, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.8</span>; τράχηλος <span class="title">AP</span>5.131 (Phld.); <b class="b3">πτέρυγες</b> (of a cicada) ib.<span class="bibl">7.200</span> (Nic.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[soft]], [[tender]], <b class="b3">ῥαδινῇ τῇ κόμῃ</b>, of ivy, <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.1.15</span>; δέρμα προβάτου ὡς ὅτι ῥαδινώτατον <span class="bibl">Id.3.21</span>: metaph., [[tender]] or [[mobile]], ὄσσε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>401</span> (lyr.); and the Gramm. (Sch.A. l.c.) give <b class="b3">εὐκίνητος</b> among other interpretations.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[taper]], [[bendable]], [[slender]] (ep. Ψ 583; Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 171 etc.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">βράδινος</b> (Sapph.). Beside it <b class="b3">ῥοδανός</b> adjunct of <b class="b3">δονακεύς</b> (Σ 576; vv.ll. <b class="b3">ῥαδινός</b>, <b class="b3">ῥαδαλός</b>); to which <b class="b3">ῥοδάν-η</b> f. [[weft thread]] (Batr. a.o.) with <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> (sch. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ιστήριον</b> (gloss.); also <b class="b3">ῥαδανός</b>, <b class="b3">-η</b>, <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> (II.), <b class="b3">-ᾶται πλανᾶται</b> H., <b class="b3">βραδανίζει ῥιπίζει</b>, <b class="b3">τινάσσει</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formations like <b class="b3">πυκ-ινός</b>, <b class="b3">πιθ-ανός</b> a.o. (Chantraine Form. 197f., 201) from unknown basis (<b class="b3">*ῥαδεῖν</b>, <b class="b3">*ῥάδος</b>, <b class="b3">*ῥόδος</b>?). Since Düntzer KZ 13, 6 f. connected with the semant. sightly unclear <b class="b3">περι-ρρηδής</b> (s.v.); to this (Lobeck Paralip. 156) also <b class="b3">ῥαδές τὸ ἀμφοτέρως ἐγκεκλιμένον</b> H. It may also be connected with <b class="b3">ῥάδαμνος</b> (s.v.), with Düntzer (so to be separated from <b class="b3">ῥάδιξ</b>?). Further perh. also the Arc. PN <b class="b3">Ϝράδων</b>. Unclear <b class="b3">ῥαδανῶροι οἱ τῶν λαχάνων κηπουροί</b> H. (rejected by Bechtel Dial. 2,420; to be rejected v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 11). Improbable on <b class="b3">ῥαδινός</b> : <b class="b3">ῥαδανός</b> Güntert Reimwortbildungen 129. -- From other languages have been adduced: Skt. <b class="b2">ávradanta</b> 3. pl. ipf. approx. <b class="b2">loosened, made themselves loose (stagger?)</b> <b class="b3">ἅπ</b>. <b class="b3">λεγ</b>. (RV2,24,3); Germ., Goth. [[wraton]] <b class="b3">πορεύεσθαι</b>, <b class="b3">διοδεύειν</b>', OWNo. [[rata]] <b class="b2">id.</b>; also Lith. <b class="b2">randù</b>, <b class="b2">ràsti</b> [[find]] (s. Fraenkel s.v.); all hypothetic. Details in Bechtel Lex. s. <b class="b3">περιρρηδής</b>; older discussion by Curtius 352. -- (Hardly further to <b class="b2">u̯er-</b> [[turn]], [[bow]] WP. 1, 273f., Pok. 1153.) -- The variation <b class="b2">*u̯rad-</b>\/<b class="b2">u̯rod-</b> shows that it is a Pre-Greek word.