ἠπεροπεύς: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[cheat]], [[deceiver]] (λ 364, A. R. 3, 617, AP 9, 524, 8), <b class="b3">-ηΐς</b> f. [Hom.] ap. Str. 1, 2, 4.<br />Derivatives: With <b class="b3">ἠπεροπεύω</b>, only present-stem [[cheat]], [[deceive]] (Hom., Hes.) with <b class="b3">ἠπεροπευτής</b> (only voc. <b class="b3">-τά Γ</b> 39 = Ν 768, h. Merc. 282 u. a.; on the formation Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 20f., 2, 34) and <b class="b3">ἠπερόπευμα</b> (Critias).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Because of the rarity of the attestations one is prepared to accept, with Boßhardt Die Nomina auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 26 that <b class="b3">ἠπεροπεύς</b> is a retrograde deriv. of <b class="b3">ἠπεροπεύω</b>. Basic <b class="b3">*ἠπερ-οψ</b>, <b class="b3">*ἠπερ-οπός</b>, <b class="b3">-ή</b> has got many explanations: Skt. <b class="b2">ápara-</b> <b class="b2">more behind, other</b> (Curtius 263, Prellwitz BB 22, 112); Lat. [[sapiō]] (Solmsen KZ 42, 233 n. 1); Gr. <b class="b3">ἤπιος</b> (L. Meyer 1, 609); <b class="b3">ἀπάτη</b> (Kuiper Glotta 21, 283f.; vgl. s. v.). Kuiper's connection with <b class="b3">ἀπατ-άω</b> is most attractive. There is no good IE etymology, so a loan, i.e. a Pre-Greek word, is quite possible (thus DELG).