ἐμύς
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
or ἑμύς, ύδος, ἡ, fresh-water tortoise, esp. Emys lutaria, Arist.HA558a8, al.; also ὁ, ib.600b22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 818] od. ἑμύς, ύδος, ἡ, Wasser- oder Sumpfschildkröte, Arist. H. A. 2, 15. 5, 33 u. öfter, mit schwankender Schreibung.
Greek Monolingual
η και ο (Α ἐμύς και ἑμύς)
νεοελλ.
ζωολ. γένος αμφίβιων ερπετών της οικογένειας τών τεστουδινιδών που περιλαμβάνει 10 περίπου είδη χελωνών
αρχ.
χελώνα τών γλυκών νερών.
Frisk Etymological English
-ύδος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: sweet water-tortoise (Arist.) (in LSJ only in Suppl.)
Other forms: Also ἑ- (LSJSuppl.), m. and f. And ἀμύς id. Archig. ap. Gal. 12.575.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: S. Chantraine Formation 126 and 347; origin unknown. Sommer Lautstud. 100 derives it from ἐμέω because the animal, when breathing out below the water-level lets go continuously air-bubbles. But -ud- is not an IE suffix, so prob. a Pre-Greek word; s. Chantr. Form. 348 πηλαμύς "sans doute prèhellénique," χλαμύς "arrangement d'un mot emprunté.") Cf. Beekes Pre-Greek suff. -υδ-. It has apparently escaped researchers that there are two forms; this prob. points to Pre-Greek origin (Fur. 346f.), though I cannot explain the variation ἀ-/ἐ-. There is no support for the suggestion that πηλαμύς is compounded with it (which would make no difference for the interpretation). - So not to Celtic with Stokes BB 21, 132.
Frisk Etymology German
ἐμύς: -ύδος
{emús}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Süßwasserschildkröte (Arist.).
Etymology: Zur Bildung Chantraine Formation 126 und 347; Herkunft unsicher. Vermutung bei Sommer Lautstud. 100: von ἐμέω wegen der Gewohnheit des Tieres, während des Aufenthalts unter dem Wasserspiegel beim Ausatmen beständig Luftbläschen an die Oberfläche steigen zu lassen. — Keltische Kombination bei Stokes BB 21, 132.
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