ἄμυλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">not ground at the mill:</b> hence, <b class="b2">of the finest meal</b>, ἄρτος <span class="bibl">Poll.6.72</span>; cf. foreg. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., <b class="b3">ἄμυλος, ὁ,</b> <b class="b2">cake of fine meal</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1092</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>1195</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Stratt.2D.</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.9.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Telecl.32</span>:— also <b class="b3">ἄμυλον, τό,</b> <span class="bibl">Ath.14.647f</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἄμυλον, τό,</b> [[starch]], Dsc.2.101, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>18.76</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1171.11 (Lebena), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1088i5</span>, etc.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">cake of fine meal</b> (Ar.), <b class="b3">ἄμυλον</b> n. [[starch]] (Dsc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀμυλιδωτόν</b> <b class="b2">kind of chiton</b> (starched?) (Hermipp.); formation like <b class="b3">ἁλυσιδωτός</b>, <b class="b3">χειριδωτός</b> (Schwyzer 503 : 4, Chantr. Form. 305).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Starch is made from [[unground]] grain, so from <b class="b3">μύλη</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ἄμυλον στερρόν</b>, <b class="b3">ἄκλαστον</b> EM), with negative <b class="b3">ἀ-</b>. However, we expect [[unground]], not <b class="b2">having no mill</b>; it seems rather doubtful that this expression would become the normal expression for [[starch]]. Lat. loan word [[amulum]] > Fr. [[amidon]].