νῶτον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: sec. <b class="b3">τὸν νῶτον</b> (acc.) and <b class="b3">οἱ νῶτοι</b> (Egli Heteroklisie 84ff.) [[back]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">νωτο-φόρος</b> <b class="b2">carrying om the back</b>, m. [[bearer]], n. <b class="b2">beast of burden</b> (X., hell.) with <b class="b3">-έω</b>, <b class="b3">-ία</b> (D. S.); <b class="b3">ποικιλό-νωτος</b> <b class="b2">with motley back</b> (Pi., E.)<br />Derivatives: Adj. <b class="b3">νωτ-ιαῖος</b> (Hp., Pl., E.; Chantraine Form. 49), also <b class="b3">-αῖος</b> (Nic.), <b class="b3">-ιος</b> (Ti. Locr.) <b class="b2">belonging to the back</b>, f. <b class="b3">-ιάς</b> (Hp.). Subst. <b class="b3">νωτιδανός</b> m. <b class="b2">kind of shark</b> (Arist.; on the formation Schwyzer 530), also <b class="b3">ἐπινωτιδεύς</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Epaen. ap. Ath. 7, 294 d; explanation uncertain, s. Thompson Fishes s.v.; diff. Strömberg Fischnamen 49f.; cf. also Bosshardt 86); <b class="b3">νωτεύς</b> m. <b class="b2">beast of burden</b> (Poll., H.; Bosshardt l.c.). Verb <b class="b3">νωτίζω</b>, also w. prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b2">turn ones back, cover one's back, besmear, beat on the back</b> (trag.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 5, 287) with <b class="b3">νώτισμα</b> n. <b class="b2">cover of the back</b> = [[wing]] (Trag. Adesp.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: No certain cognates. One compares since Curtius 320 Lat. [[natis]], [[natēs]], gen. pl. <b class="b2">-ium</b> f. [[the buttock]], s. W.-Hofmann s.v. with further attempts at connection.