ἀρβύλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], ἡ,</b> <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">strong shoe</b> coming up to the ankle, <b class="b2">half-boot</b>, used by country people, hunters, travellers, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>944</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>259</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 1470</span> (lyr.); πηλοπατίδες ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>62</span>; <b class="b3">αὐταῖσιν ἀρβύλαισιν ἁρμόσας πόδα</b> <b class="b2">with shoes</b> and all, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1189</span> (wrongly expld. by Eust. as = [[δίφρος]], <b class="b2">the stand of the charioteer</b>), cf. <span class="title">Ba.</span>1134; cf. [[ἄρμυλα]].</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[shoe that covers the whole foot up to the ankle]] (Hp.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἀρβύκη</b> (read <b class="b3">ἀρβύλης</b>) <b class="b3">τοῦ ὑποδήματος</b> H. Also <b class="b3">ἀράβυλας· ὑποδήματος εἴδη φορτικὰ καὶ βαρβαρικὰ</b> H. And <b class="b3">ἄρμυλα· ὑποδήματα</b>, <b class="b3">Κύπριοι</b> H.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κατάρβυλος</b> reaching down to the shoes' (S.); cf. <b class="b3">καθάρβυλος χλανίς</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Clearly a substr. word; suffix <b class="b3">-υλ-</b> Fur. 201 n. 14; var. <b class="b3">β</b>\/<b class="b3">μ</b>; <b class="b3">αρ</b>\/<b class="b3">αρα</b>; <b class="b3">κατ-</b>\/<b class="b3">καθ-άρβυλος</b>. Banat̨eanu REIE 3, 145. Knauer Glotta 33, 114 n. 1. Neumann (Orbis 20, 1971, 482-485) suggests a connection with Hitt. <b class="b2">arpu-</b> [[difficult]] as <b class="b2">shoes fit for difficult terrain</b>; doubtful: difficult shoes?; he also thinks <b class="b3">β</b>\/<b class="b3">μ</b> is Cyprian (but see on [[κυβερνάω]]).