νέμος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[wooded glade]], [[forest]] (since Λ 480).<br />Derivatives: Prob. here [[Νεμέα]], ep. <b class="b3">-είη</b> f. valley and place in Argolis with a forest dedicated to <b class="b3">Ζεὺς Νέμειος</b> (since Hes.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [763] <b class="b2">*nem-</b> attribute' and\/but [764] <b class="b2">*nem-</b> [[bend]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Lat. [[nemus]] n. <b class="b2">forest, (holy) wood</b>. Here also a Celtic word for <b class="b2">(holy) wood, sanctuary</b> in Gaul. [[nemeton]], OIr. [[nemed]] (extensive on this K.H.Schmidt Münch. Stud. 12, 49 ff.); IE <b class="b2">*némos</b> n. resp. <b class="b2">*nemetom</b> n., cf. e.g. [[τέλος]] : [[τελετή]]. -- Further combinations are hypothetic: to Skt. <b class="b2">námati</b> [[bend]] with <b class="b2">námas-</b> n. [[bow]], [[adoration]] (formally = [[νέμος]]: [[curving]] > <b class="b2">(wooded) vale</b> > [[wood]], [[forest]]?; rejected by Benveniste BSL 32, 79ff.); to [[νέμω]], <b class="b3">-ομαι</b> as [[pasture]], [[Waldtrift]] ? (against this a. o. Porzig Satzinhalte 291). Thorough treatment w. lit. in W.-Hofmann s. [[nemus]]; also WP. 2, 331 f., Pok. 763, Mayrhofer s. <b class="b2">námati</b> and <b class="b2">námaḥ</b>. Cf. on [[νέμω]].