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|etymtx=-υος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">ear (of corn)</b> (Ψ 598), metaph. [[offshoot]] (poet.), as plantname (Dsc. a. o.), <b class="b2">surgical bandage</b> (medic.) a. o.<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">-υς</b> E. HF 5, <b class="b3">-υν</b> Call., A. R.). See below.<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">σταχυο-βολέω</b> <b class="b2">to put forth ears</b> (Thphr.), <b class="b3">πολύ-σταχυς</b> <b class="b2">rich of ears</b> (Theoc., Str.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σταχυ-ηρός</b> <b class="b2">bearing ears</b> (Thphr.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">ear-like, full of ears</b> (Thphr., Nonn.), <b class="b3">-ινος</b> <b class="b2">of ears</b> (Olympia), <b class="b3">-ῖτις</b> f. (<b class="b3">-ίτης</b> m.) plantname (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard 77), <b class="b3">-όομαι</b> <b class="b2">to develop into an ear</b> (Dsc.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)<br />Etymology: No etymology. Since Fick (1, 569; 3, 481) connected with a German. verb. for [[sting]] in OWNo. [[stinga]], OE [[stingan]], to which belong a few nouns, e.g. OHG [[stanga]] f. [[stick]], [[pole]], [[bar]], MHG [[stunge]] [[prickle]]; here also a richly developed Balt. group of words, a. o. Lith. <b class="b2">stangùs</b> [[stiff]], [[fixed]], <b class="b2">stangà</b> f. [[effort]], <b class="b2">stìngti</b> <b class="b2">get fixed, stiff</b>; IE <b class="b2">*stengh-</b> (zero grade <b class="b2">stn̥gh-</b> in <b class="b3">στάχυς</b>, MHG [[stunge]], Lith. <b class="b2">stìngti</b>). Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 622 f., Pok. 1014 f., Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">stangà</b>. On the variant [[ἄσταχυς]] s. v. and Kretschmer Glotta 21, 89 (<b class="b3">ἀ-</b> Anatolian?). -- Cf. [[στόνυξ]] and [[στόχος]]. - The variant shows that the word is Pre-Greek (Furnée 373).

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