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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[eyeball]] (Hom.; also reviling Θ 164), also <b class="b2">pupil of the eye</b> (Ruf. Onom., H.), metaph. <b class="b2">socket of a joint</b> (Gal.), [[honeycomb]] (AB, H.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">γλήνεα</b> n. pl. <b class="b2">gaudy things, trinkets</b> (Ω 192), [[stars]] (Arat.); sg. <b class="b3">γλῆνος</b> = <b class="b3">γλήνη</b> (Nic.), = <b class="b3">φάος</b> H. - <b class="b3">γληνίς</b> (IG 5 [1] 1447, 9, Messene III-IIa) meaning unknown. Artificial is hellenistic <b class="b3">γλήν</b> = <b class="b3">γλήνη</b> (Hermesian.), cf. Schwyzer 584 A. 6. PN: <b class="b3">Γλῆνος</b>, <b class="b3">Γλῆνις</b>, <b class="b3">Γληνώ</b>, <b class="b3">Γληνεύς</b>. - Unclear is the meaning of <b class="b3">τρί-γληνα</b> (<b class="b3">ἕρματα</b> Hom.); <b class="b3">τρίγληνος</b> also as attribute of Hecate (Ath.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: A problem is that the basic meaning of the word is unknown. One compares <b class="b3">γαλήνη</b>, <b class="b3">γέλως</b>, but also <b class="b3">γλαινοί τὰ λαμπρύσματα τῶν περικεφαλαιῶν</b>, <b class="b3">οἷον ἀστέρες</b> H. The last word is only known from this gloss. DELG says it is [[imprudent]] to connect the words. Connection as an IE word is possible (<b class="b2">gleh₂-i-</b>) but uncertain and unconvincing. Comparison of <b class="b3">γλαινοί</b> with OHG [[kleini]] [[gleaming]], [[elegant]], [[fine]], [[klein]], OE [[clæne]] [[clean]] is also quite uncertain. Doubtful Machek Listy filol. 72, 70 (to Slav. <b class="b2">zrěnica</b> [[pupil]]) . - Lamer IF 48, 231f., assumes a basic meaning [[puppet]] and thinks the word is Pre-Greek. If we connect <b class="b3">γλαινοί</b>, which seems possible, the word is Pre-Greek (<b class="b3">α</b>\/<b class="b3">αι</b> is frequent in these words; cf. <b class="b3">γηθυλλίς</b> \/ <b class="b3">γαιθυλλάδαι</b>).

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