δῶρον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[gift]], [[present]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">δωρο-δόκος</b> [[accepting presents]], [[corruptible]] (s. on [[δέχομαι]]) beside [[δωροδοκέω]] [[accept presents]], [[be corruptible]] (Ion.-Att.) with [[δωροδόκημα]], [[δωροδοκία]] [[corruption]].<br />Derivatives: Demin. [[δωρύφιον]] (pap.). Denomin. [[δωρέομαι]], [[δωρέω]] [[give presents]] (Il.; on the diathesis Schwyzer-Debrunner 234) with [[δώρημα]] [[present]] (Hdt.) and [[δωρηματικός]] (D. H.), [[δωρητής]] [[well-doer]] (Nesos IVa) and [[δωρητικός]] (Pl.), [[δωρητήρ]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (AP), [[δωρητός]] [[prepared to accept presents]] (Ι 526), [[presented]] (S.). - Also [[δωρύττομαι]] (Theoc. 7, 43; joking momentary formation; Debrunner IF 2 1, 242f.); also Thess. [[δούρραντα]] = [[δωρήσαντα]] like hom. [[φίλατο]] beside [[φιλεῖν]] (Fraenkel Glotta 35, 91f.)? - Beside [[δῶρον]] and [[δωρέομαι]] with unclear formation [[δωρεά]], older (Attica Va) <b class="b3">-ειά</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-εή</b> [[gift]], [[present]] (Hdt.); from there [[δωρεακός]] [[official of an estate]] (pap. IIIa), [[δωρεαστικός]], <b class="b3">-ρετικός</b> [[regarding presents]] (pap. VIp).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [223] <b class="b2">*deh₃-</b> [[give]]<br />Etymology: Old word, identical with Arm. [[tur]], OCS [[darъ]] [[gift]]. With <b class="b2">n-</b>suffix Lat. [[dōnum]] = Skr. <b class="b2">dā́nam</b>. - Further s. [[δίδωμι]].<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[breadth of the hand]] (Nic., Miletos);<br />Compounds: As second member in <b class="b3">ἑκκαιδεκά-δωρος</b> <b class="b2">sixteen hand (long)</b> (Δ 109), <b class="b3">δεκά-δωρος</b> (Hes. Op. 426), <b class="b3">ὀρθό-δωρον</b> [[length of a hand]] = [[the distance between the root of the hand and the finger ends]] (Poll., acc. to H. also = [[σπιθαμή]]).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b2">i-</b>stem <b class="b3">δάριν σπιθαμήν</b>. [[Ἀρκάδες]] and [[δάρ[ε]ιρ]] (s.v.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: One compares Alb. <b class="b2">dorë</b>, (s. La Piana IF 58, 98; cf. on [[χείρ]]); further Celt., e. g. OIr. [[dorn]], and Latv. <b class="b2">dùre</b>, [[dûris]] [[fist]], both with IE [[u]], so probably unrelated. - Pok. 203.