πρυλέες: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=-έων<br />Grammatical information: m. pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">heavily armed foot-soldiers</b> (Il., Hes. Sc. 193, Gortyn.), metaph. of birds (Opp.); <b class="b3">προυλέσι πεζοῖς ὁπλίταις</b> H.<br />Derivatives: Beside it <b class="b3">πρύλις</b> f. <b class="b2">(Cretan) weapon-dance</b> (Call.; after Arist. fr. 519 Cypr. or Cret.); <b class="b3">πρυλεύσεις ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκφορᾶς τῶν τελευτησάντων παρὰ τῳ̃ ἱερεῖ</b> H. -- How <b class="b3">πρυλέες</b> (sg. <b class="b3">-λής</b> [Hdn.] or <b class="b3">-λύς</b> [Schwyzer 572]) and <b class="b3">πρύλις</b> are formally and semantically related, is unclear. After Leumann Hom. Wörter 286 f. Cret. <b class="b3">πρύλις</b> would have arisen through false interpretation of ep. <b class="b3">πρυλέες</b>; against this Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 96 f. (w. lit.). From <b class="b3">πρύλις</b> in any case <b class="b3">*πρυλεύω</b> <b class="b2">to perform a π.</b>, with <b class="b3">πρυλεύσεις</b> f. pl. H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: How <b class="b3">πρυλέες</b> (sg. <b class="b3">-λής</b> [Hdn.] or <b class="b3">-λύς</b> [Schwyzer 572]) and <b class="b3">πρύλις</b> are formally and semantically related, is unclear. After Leumann Hom. Wörter 286 f. Cret. <b class="b3">πρύλις</b> would have arisen through false interpretation of ep. <b class="b3">πρυλέες</b>; against this Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 96 f. (w. lit.). From <b class="b3">πρύλις</b> in any case <b class="b3">*πρυλεύω</b> <b class="b2">to perform a π.</b>, with <b class="b3">πρυλεύσεις</b> f. pl. H. -- Etymolog. unclear. Superseded hypothesis in Bq. If prop. <b class="b2">champions (Vorkämpfer)</b> (cf. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 178 f.), perhaps cognate with <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b> (Misteli KZ 17, 174; cf. Bechtel Lex. s. <b class="b3">διαπρύσιος</b>)?; improbable. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek. Note the form <b class="b3">προυλέσι</b>.

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