ῥῖγος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[frost]], [[cold]], [[shivering fit]] (ε 472).<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ῥιγο-πύρετος</b> m. (<b class="b3">-ον</b> n.) [[tertian fever]], [[ague]] (Gal., Ptol. a.o.) for older (Hp.) <b class="b3">πυρετὸς καὶ ῥῖγος</b> (Strömberg Wortstud. 85), <b class="b3">ἀ-ρριγής</b> (adv. <b class="b3">-γέως</b>) [[not sensitive to cold]] (Hp.); also <b class="b3">ἄ-ρ(ρ)ιγος</b> <b class="b2">id., not shivering</b> (Arist., Aret.) as <b class="b3">δύσ-ριγος</b> [[to tolerate cold badly]] (Hdt., Arist., Thphr.); both connected with [[ῥιγέω]] as e.g. <b class="b3">δύσ-φορος</b> with [[φορέω]], [[φέρω]]. From it as denom. [[ῥιγώω]], <b class="b3">-ῶσαι</b>, rarely w. <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν-</b> a.o., [[to freeze]] (ξ 481), after the opposite [[ἱδρώω]] (not from <b class="b3">*ῥιγωσ-</b> with e.g. Schwyzer 724).<br />Derivatives: [[ἔρριγα]] perf. [[freeze]], [[congeal]], [[shudder]], aor. [[ῥιγῆσαι]] (ep. Il.), fut. [[ῥιγήσω]] (Ε 351), pres. [[ῥιγέω]] (Pi.); rarely w. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>. -- Primary comp. [[ῥίγιον]] [[colder]], [[ghastlier]], [[terribler]] (Hom., Hes., Semon.), sup. [[ῥίγιστα]] (Ε 873), <b class="b3">-ος</b>, <b class="b3">-ον</b> (A. R., Nic.). -- Further adj.: 1. [[ῥιγεδανός]] [[ghastly]], [[terrible]] (Τ 325, A. R., Opp.), after unknown example to [[ῥιγος]] or from <b class="b3">*ῥιγεδών</b>? (Chantraine Form. 362, Schwyzer 530, Specht Ursprung 199 a. 345); 2. [[ῥιγαλέος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Emp.); to [[ῥῖγος]] as [[ἀργαλέος]] to [[ἄλγος]] (Debrunner IF 23, 21, Benveniste Origines 46); 3. [[ῥιγηλός]] (<b class="b3">κατα-</b>) <b class="b2">id.</b> (ξ 226, Hes. Sc., Nic., Nonn. Ap), from [[ἔριγα]], [[ῥιγέω]]; 4. [[ῥιγώδης]] [[causing a shivering fit]] (Hp., Gal.), from [[ῥῖγος]]; 5. `[[Ρῖγμος]] m. n. of a Thracian (Υ 485); to [[ῥῖγος]] as [[θερμός]] to [[θέρος]] (Risch $ 19f)?<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1004] <b class="b2">*sriHg-os</b> [[cold]]<br />Etymology: With [[ἔρριγα]] : [[ῥῖγος]] agree [[γέγηθα]] : [[γῆθος]], [[λέληθα]] : Dor. [[λᾶθος]], with ablaut [[γέγονα]] : [[γένος]] a.o.; as [[ῥίγιον]] : [[ῥῖγος]] also e.g. [[ἄλγιον]] : [[ἄλγος]], [[κέρδιον]] : [[κέρδος]] (Schwyzer 539). -- With [[ῥῖγος]] agrees exactly Lat. [[frīgus]] n. [[cold]], [[frost]], [[shivering]] when we posit IE <b class="b2">*sriHgos</b> n. Thus [[ῥιγέω]] = Lat. [[frīgeō]], but they may originate from parallel innovation. Further connection quite uncertain; s. WP. 2, 7 05 f. and W.-Hofmann s. [[frīgeō]] w. rich lit.