ἄοζος: Difference between revisions

{{etym

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">servant (of a god)</b> (A. Ag. 231 ). <b class="b3">ἄοζοι ὑπηρέται</b>, <b class="b3">θεράποντες</b>, <b class="b3">ἀκόλουθοι</b> H.<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἄζος</b> = <b class="b3">θεράπων</b> or <b class="b3">θεράπαινα</b> Seleucus et Gloss. ap. Ath. 6, 267c = Eust. 1024, 44 and 1090, 56.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[aozejo]] prob. not here.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: In the same sense <b class="b3">ὄζος</b> in epic <b class="b3">ὄζος Ἄρηος</b>, if = <b class="b3">θεράπων Ἄ</b>., cf. <b class="b3">ὀζεία</b> (cod. <b class="b3">ὀζειέα</b>) <b class="b3">θεραπεία</b> H. This <b class="b3">ὄζος</b> is considered to be identical with <b class="b3">ὄζος</b> [[branch]], as did the ancients: <b class="b3">ὁ κλάδος τοῦ πολέμου</b> H. Modern scholars take it as [[sprout]], but DELG notes that <b class="b3">ὄζος</b> does not have this meaning. Nevertheless one assumes the same etymology: <b class="b2">*o-zd-o-</b>, i.e. prefix <b class="b2">o-</b> and zero grade of <b class="b2">sed-</b> <b class="b2">sit (down)</b>, so orig. [[comes]], [[companion]]; not very convincing. <b class="b3">ἄ-οζος</b> could have <b class="b3">α</b> copulativum, perhaps under influence of [[ἀοσσέω]] (q. v.), <b class="b3">ἄοσσος</b>. Brugmann IF 19, 379 against Schulze Q. 498, who explains <b class="b3">ἄοζος</b> from <b class="b3">*ἀ-σοδ-ι̯ο-ς</b>, from <b class="b3">ὁδός</b>, what Frisk and DELG do not reject. - Fur. 341 cites the form <b class="b3">ἄζος</b>, and concludes from <b class="b3">α</b>\/<b class="b3">ο</b> that the word is Pre-Greek. He assumes (374) with Frisk that <b class="b3">ἄοζος</b> has a secondary <b class="b3">α</b> copulativum, which is uncertain, however; it could be a real Pre-Greek prothesis.

}}