κινυρός: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: Meaning uncertain; adjunct of <b class="b3">βοῦς</b> (Ρ 5), of <b class="b3">γόος</b> (A. R. 4, 605), of <b class="b3">πέτηλα</b> (Nonn. D. 38, 95);<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Meaning early unclear, cf. H.: <b class="b3">κινυρή</b> (to Ρ 5). <b class="b3">ἁπαλή</b>, <b class="b3">νέα</b>, <b class="b3">λεχώ</b>, <b class="b3">οἰκτρά</b>, <b class="b3">θρηνητική</b> and <b class="b3">κινυρόν</b> (to A. R. 4, 605). <b class="b3">λεπτόν</b>, <b class="b3">καπυρόν</b>, <b class="b3">ὀξύ</b>, <b class="b3">οἰκτρόν</b>. - From here <b class="b3">κιν[ν]υρίδες τὰ μικρὰ ὀρνιθάρια</b> H., apparently = [[wailing]], [[lamenting]]; <b class="b3">κινυρίζω</b> [[wail]], [[lament]] (Ι 612 after Zenodotus), <b class="b3">κινύρομαι</b> [[gnash]], [[lament]] (A. Th. 123 [lyr.], Dikt. 804, Ar. Eq. 11, A. R., Call.). PN <b class="b3">Κινύρης</b> (Λ 20), <b class="b3">-ρας</b> (Tyrt.). The parallelism of <b class="b3">κινυρός</b>, <b class="b3">κινυρίζω</b>, <b class="b3">κινύρομαι</b> and <b class="b3">μινυρός</b>, <b class="b3">μινυρίζω</b>, <b class="b3">μινύρομαι</b> is clear; prob. there were contaminations. Other mixed forms are <b class="b3">κιναθίζειν</b> with <b class="b3">-ισμός</b>, <b class="b3">-ισμα</b> (s. v.) and <b class="b3">κιναρύζεσθαι θρηνεῖν μετὰ τοῦ γογγύζειν</b> H. (after <b class="b3">κελαρύζειν</b>?, Leumann Hom. Wörter 241 n. 37). - Following the age of the attested forms Leumann l. c. considers only <b class="b3">κινυρός</b> and <b class="b3">μινυρίζω</b> as old; the other forms would have originated through contaminations also with <b class="b3">μύρομαι</b>. In <b class="b3">κινυρός</b> an archaic term of cattle-breeding would have been retained. - A convincing explanation of <b class="b3">κινυρός</b> etc. has not yet been found.

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