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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[licentious]], [[wanton]], [[unconstrained]] (Lys.).<br />Other forms: Unclear <b class="b3">ἀσάλγαν ὕβριν</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμέλειαν</b> and <b class="b3">ἀσαλγάνας φοβερός</b>, <b class="b3">εἴρηκε δε οὔτως παραβαρβαρίζων</b> H.; as the final remark says, this may be just a vulgar or [[barbarian]] pronunciation.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀσέλγεια</b> [[licentiousness]] (Pl..). Denom. <b class="b3">ἀσελγαίνω</b> <b class="b2">behave as a ἀσελγής </b> (D.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. See Havers IF 28, 194ff. (Boeotian for <b class="b3">*ἀθελγής</b>; meaning difficult; <b class="b3">α-</b> from zero grade of <b class="b3">ἐν</b>). As to the glosses, <b class="b3">α</b>\/<b class="b3">ε</b> is frequent in Pre-Greek words, <b class="b3">ἀσαλγα</b> may be a Pre-Greek <b class="b3">φορματιον</b> = <b class="b3">ἀσελγεία</b>, the form of the second gloss is unexplained (as is the meaning). I am not sure whether the conclusion of substr. origin is allowed.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[licentious]], [[wanton]], [[unconstrained]] (Lys.).<br />Other forms: Unclear <b class="b3">ἀσάλγαν ὕβριν</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμέλειαν</b> and <b class="b3">ἀσαλγάνας φοβερός</b>, <b class="b3">εἴρηκε δε οὔτως παραβαρβαρίζων</b> H.; as the final remark says, this may be just a vulgar or [[barbarian]] pronunciation.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀσέλγεια</b> [[licentiousness]] (Pl..). Denom. <b class="b3">ἀσελγαίνω</b> <b class="b2">behave as a ἀσελγής </b> (D.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. See Havers IF 28, 194ff. (Boeotian for <b class="b3">*ἀθελγής</b>; meaning difficult; <b class="b3">α-</b> from zero grade of <b class="b3">ἐν</b>). As to the glosses, <b class="b3">α</b>\/<b class="b3">ε</b> is frequent in Pre-Greek words, <b class="b3">ἀσαλγα</b> may be a Pre-Greek <b class="b3">φορματιον</b> = <b class="b3">ἀσελγεία</b>, the form of the second gloss is unexplained (as is the meaning). I am not sure whether the conclusion of substr. origin is allowed.
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|mdlsjtxt=[The [[origin]] of -σελγής is [[uncertain]].]<br />[[licentious]], [[wanton]], [[brutal]], Dem.:—adv., [[ἀσελγῶς]] πίονες [[extravagantly]] fat, Ar.; ἀς. ζῆν Dem.
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