στάχυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[στᾰχῡς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>5</span>, but στᾰχῠν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>130</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.688</span>], υος, ὁ: pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> στάχυες <span class="title">IG</span>12.280.78,22.1424a333, etc.; Ep. dat. σταχύεσσιν <span class="bibl">Il.23.598</span>; acc. στάχῡς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>393</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>56.68 (Canopus, iii B.C.), but στάχυας <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>41.7</span>, etc:—<b class="b2">ear of corn</b>, in pl., Il.l.c., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>473</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>12.1</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284a30</span>: in sg., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>761</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>304.7</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>395</span>, and freq in <span class="bibl">E., <span class="title">Hec.</span>593</span>, al.: metaph., σ. ἄτης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>821</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ καλάμης . . στάχυες</b>, of Bacchylides' poems, <span class="title">AP</span>4.1.34 (Mel.):—of the Theban <b class="b3">Σπαρτοί</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>939</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>264</span>; of <b class="b2">the crop reaped</b> by Cleon in capturing the Spartans at Sphacteria, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>393</span>; <b class="b3">βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>757.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[scion]], [[progeny]], σ. ἄρσην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>360.22</span>, cf. Lyc.214; <b class="b3">δισσὸν Βορέον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>218</span>; τέκνων <span class="bibl">Man.6.304</span>; Ἰνδῶν <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>18.267</span>; <b class="b3">Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον σ</b>. <span class="title">AP</span>9.362.25. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> name of the chief star in the constellation Virgo, [[Spica Virginis]], <span class="bibl">Arat.97</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>7.5: in pl., <span class="bibl">Man. 2.134</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[lower part of the abdomen]], Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.50.26</span> tit., <span class="bibl">Poll.2.168</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.194.4</span>, <span class="bibl">410.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">base horehound, Stachys germanica</b>, Dsc.3.106, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>24.136</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">νάρδου στάχυς</b>,= <b class="b3">ναρδόσταχυς</b>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>7.13.1; <b class="b3">ὁ τῆς νάρδου σ</b>. Gal.6.267. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">surgical bandage, 'spica' bandage</b>, Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.48.46</span> tit., Gal.18(1).814. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b3">παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> = Heb. [[shibboleth]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jd.</span>12.6</span>.</span>

|etymtx=-υος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">ear (of corn)</b> (Ψ 598), metaph. [[offshoot]] (poet.), as plantname (Dsc. a. o.), [[surgical bandage]] (medic.) a. o.<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">-υς</b> E. HF 5, <b class="b3">-υν</b> Call., A. R.). See below.<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">σταχυο-βολέω</b> [[to put forth ears]] (Thphr.), <b class="b3">πολύ-σταχυς</b> <b class="b2">rich of ears</b> (Theoc., Str.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σταχυ-ηρός</b> [[bearing ears]] (Thphr.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">ear-like, full of ears</b> (Thphr., Nonn.), <b class="b3">-ινος</b> [[of ears]] (Olympia), <b class="b3">-ῖτις</b> f. (<b class="b3">-ίτης</b> m.) plantname (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard 77), <b class="b3">-όομαι</b> [[to develop into an ear]] (Dsc.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)<br />Etymology: No etymology. Since Fick (1, 569; 3, 481) connected with a German. verb. for [[sting]] in OWNo. [[stinga]], OE [[stingan]], to which belong a few nouns, e.g. OHG [[stanga]] f. [[stick]], [[pole]], [[bar]], MHG [[stunge]] [[prickle]]; here also a richly developed Balt. group of words, a. o. Lith. <b class="b2">stangùs</b> [[stiff]], [[fixed]], <b class="b2">stangà</b> f. [[effort]], <b class="b2">stìngti</b> [[get fixed]], [[stiff]]; IE <b class="b2">*stengh-</b> (zero grade <b class="b2">stn̥gh-</b> in <b class="b3">στάχυς</b>, MHG [[stunge]], Lith. <b class="b2">stìngti</b>). Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 622 f., Pok. 1014 f., Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">stangà</b>. On the variant [[ἄσταχυς]] s. v. and Kretschmer Glotta 21, 89 (<b class="b3">ἀ-</b> Anatolian?). -- Cf. [[στόνυξ]] and [[στόχος]]. - The variant shows that the word is Pre-Greek (Furnée 373).