λύσσα: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">(martial) rage, fury, frenzy</b> (Il.), [[rabies]] (X., Arist.).<br />Other forms: Att. <b class="b3">λύττα</b><br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">λυσσο-μανής</b> <b class="b2">mad for rage</b> (AP), <b class="b3">ἄ-λυσσος</b> <b class="b3">λυσσα</b> healing' (Paus.), <b class="b3">ἄ-λυσσον</b> n. name of a plant, of which the seeds were used against rabies (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 91). -<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">λυσσάς</b> f. [[raging]] (E.), <b class="b3">λυσσ-ώδης</b> (N 53 u.a.), <b class="b3">-αλέος</b> (A. R., Man.), <b class="b3">-ήρης</b> (Orph., Man.), <b class="b3">-ήεις</b> (H.) <b class="b2">id.</b>; <b class="b3">λυσσηδόν</b> adv. (Opp.). Denomin. verbs: 1. <b class="b3">λυσσάω</b>, <b class="b3">-ττάω</b> <b class="b2">rage, rave, be mad</b> (Hdt., Ar., S., Pl.) with <b class="b3">λυσσητήρ</b> adjunct of <b class="b3">κύων</b> (Θ 299; cf. AP 5, 265; on the meaning Benveniste Noms d'agent 37), and <b class="b3">λυσσητής</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">-ατάς</b> (Anth.) [[raging]], <b class="b3">λυσσ-ητικός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ael.), <b class="b3">-ήματα</b> pl. <b class="b2">attacks of rage</b> (E.); 2. <b class="b3">λυσσαίνω</b> [[rage]], [[rave]] (S.); 3. <b class="b3">λυσσόομαι</b> <b class="b2">become raging</b> (Ps.-Phoc.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [687] <b class="b2">*luk-</b> [[light]] or from <b class="b2">*luk-</b> [[wolf]]?<br />Etymology: Formation like <b class="b3">ὄσσα</b>, <b class="b3">γλῶσσα</b>, <b class="b3">αἶσα</b> a. o., so first a [[moviertes]] fern., though verbal connection is possible (Schwyzer 474, Chantraine Form. 99); further uncertain. Since F. Hartmann KZ 54, 287ff. usu. explained as "the she-wolf" and identified with Skt. <b class="b2">vr̥kī́ḥ</b>, OWNo. [[ylgr]] <b class="b2">id.</b>; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 349 f. ("the demoness, which makes the dog to a wolf, is herself a she-wolf"), Ernout Rev. de phil. 75, 154ff.; slightly reserved Risch ̨ 50b and Schwyzer; acc. to Wackernagel-Debrunner 3, 171 rather abstract like <b class="b3">φύζα</b>. Rejected by Specht Ursprung 344 (a. 387), who connects Skt. <b class="b2">rúc-</b> f. [[light]] (the rage is called after the sparkling eyes) and like Lagercrantz Lautgesch. 88 f. reminds of the expression <b class="b3">λευκαῖς φρασίν</b> (Pi. P. 4, 194), <b class="b3">λευκαὶ φρένες μαινόμεναι</b> H. (quite diff. F. Hartmann KZ 60, 223); thus Havers Sprache 4, 32, Pok. 687; to <b class="b3">λευκός</b> a. rel. also Lasso de la Vega Emer. 20, 32ff.