ἀσπαλιεύς: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[fisher]] (Nic.)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἀσπάλους· τοὺς ἰχθύας</b>. [[Ἀθαμᾶνες]] H. Cf. <b class="b3">ἄσπαλον· σκύτος</b> H. (unrelated?).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀσπαλία τοῦ ἁλιέως ἐργασία</b> (H.) for <b class="b3">*ἀσπαλιεία</b>? Cf. <b class="b3">ἀσπαλίσαι ἁλιεῦσαι</b>, [[σαγηνεῦσαι]] (AB 183).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Cf. [[ἁλιεύς]]. Etym. unknown. Since Solmsen Wortforsch. 21 A. [[ἄσπαλος]] is compared with Lat. [[squalus]] name of a big fish, ON [[hvalr]] [[whale]], which does not agree with Plato, Sph. 221c, who speaks of fishing with a line. Chantr. strangely doubts the connection [[ἀσπαλιεύς]] / [[ἄσπαλος]]. Quite improb. vW. - Rather with Huber, Comm. Aenip. 9, 21, a susbtr. word (but note that [[squalus]] too is non-IE).