σμυγερός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">painful, toilsome, miserable or the like.</b> (A. R.; also S. Ph. 166 for [[στυγερός]]?).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐπι-σμύγερος</b>, adv. <b class="b3">-ῶς</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Od., Hes. Sc. 264, A. R.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown], PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Expressive contamination(?), perh. from [[μογερός]] and [[στυγερός]]; <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b> after <b class="b3">ἐπί-πονος</b> a. o. Attempt of a morphological explanation by Strömberg Prefix Studies 90. - Furnée 363 compares [[μόγος]] and <b class="b3">σμογερόν σκληρόν</b>, [[ἐπίβουλον]], [[μοχθηρόν]] ([[Η]].) while comparing <b class="b3">σμυγερόν ἐπίπονον</b>, [[οἰκτρόν]], [[μοχθηρόν]], [[πονηρόν]], [[ἐπίβουλον]], [[ἀνιαρόν]], [[χαλεπόν]] ([[Η]].). This would show that the word is Pre-Greek.