ἀλωή: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[threshing-floor]], [[garden]] (Il.), also [[halo]] (around sun and moon) (Arat.); also [[disk]] of sun or moon, of a shield.<br />Other forms: Besides [[ἅλως]], <b class="b3">-ω</b> also <b class="b3">-ωος</b> or <b class="b3">-ωνος</b>, recent [[ἄλων]]<br />Dialectal forms: Cypr. <b class="b3">ἄλουα κῆποι</b> H. (n. pl.?); Cypr. gen. [[alawo]] (= [[ἀλϜω]]?). Dor. [[αλος]] in Sicily, prob. from <b class="b2">*alwo-</b>.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">μητρ-αλοίας</b> [[matricide]] (A.); Schwyzer 451 : 4.<br />Derivatives: [[ἀλοάω]], [[ἀλοιάω]] (Il.) [[thresh]], [[slay]], epic <b class="b3">-οι-</b> for original length.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Maybe from <b class="b3">*ἀλωϜη</b>. [[ἅλως]] and the Cypr. forms might be from a hysterodynamic noun (type [[πάτρως]]) with nom. <b class="b2">-ou-s</b>, acc. <b class="b2">-ou-m̥</b>, gen. <b class="b2">-u-os</b>; Beekes, Mnemosyne 24, 1972, 350-2. The root could be <b class="b2">*sl̥(H)-</b>. If Swed. [[lo]] is cognate, we might reconstruct <b class="b2">*h₂(e)l-</b>. Wrong Schwyzer 479:7: orig. [[round]], from PIE. <b class="b2">u̯el(u</b>)- [[wind]], which does not explain the Cyprian forms, nor the meaning [[garden]]. - Semantically we have prob. to think of a small piece of land near the farm, used for growing fruits and vegetables (garden) and for threshing; from threshing-floor > disk > halo; Ure, Class. Quart., 49, 1955, 255-230.