στέρνον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[breast]], [[chest]], in Hom. always of the manly breast, also as seat of the feelings etc., "heart" (poet. Il., also medic.).<br />Other forms: often pl. <b class="b3">-α</b>.<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">εὑρύ-στερνος</b> [[with a wide chest]] (Hes. a.o.), <b class="b3">στερνο-τυπής</b> [[beating the chest]] (E. in lyr.), <b class="b3">πρό-στερνος</b> [[in front of the chest]] (A.), to which <b class="b3">προστερν-ίδιον</b> n. <b class="b2">chest-harness of horses</b> (X. u.a.), also [[στερνίδιον]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (late).<br />Derivatives: Verbal derivations from hypostases or univerbations, e.g. <b class="b3">ὑποστερν-ίζομαι</b> [[fix under the chest]] (Plu.; <b class="b3">ὑπόστερνον ὑπογάστριον</b> H.). Further derivv. rare: <b class="b3">στερνίτιδες πλευραί</b> (Poll.; Redard 105), <b class="b3">στερνιξ ἐντεριώνη</b> H. (as [[μόλιξ]], [[ῥηνιξ]] a.o.); unclear [[στερνιον]] des. of a difficult digestible meat, cf. LSJ s.v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [1029] <b class="b2">*sterH-</b> [[spread out]]<br />Etymology: As des. of the breast a Greek innovation, but the word has several cognates outside Greek: Germ., e.g. OHG [[stirna]] f. [[forehead]], IE <b class="b2">*stern-i̯a</b>, Slav. e.g. Russ. <b class="b2">storoná</b>, [[region]], [[side]] IE <b class="b2">*stor-na</b>, Welsh [[sarn]] [[stratum]], [[pavimentum]] = Skt. ptc. <b class="b2">stirṇá</b> [[stratus]], [[spread out]]; [[ΙΕ]] <b class="b2">*str̥no-</b> = <b class="b2">*str̥Hno-</b>, zero grade of <b class="b2">str̥ṇáti</b> `strew out, spread out; s. [[στόρνυμι]]; but the laryngeal is not found in [[στέρνον]]. So prop. meaning of [[στέρνον]] (formation like [[τέκνον]], [[φερνή]]) [[what is spread out]], [[extension]], [[plain]] (opposed to the neck, [[ἱσθμός]]; <b class="b3">τὰ ἴσθμια</b> [[pit]], [[throat]]). Cf. on [[στῆθος]]. -- As the laryngeal cannot be accomodated, a bit uncertain.