σμυγερός: Difference between revisions

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