ἄλσος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[grove]], <span class="bibl">Il.20.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.350</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Phanocl.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 1.117</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> esp. <b class="b2">sacred grove</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.291</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>99</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.119</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>761c</span>, etc.:—hence, <b class="b2">any hallowed precinct</b>, even without trees, <span class="bibl">Il.2.506</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>844</span>; <b class="b3">Μαραθώνιον ἄ</b>., of the field of battle, viewed as a holy place, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>4</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">πόντιον ἄ</b>. the ocean-[[plain]], <span class="bibl">B.16.85</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>111</span>. (Perh. for <b class="b3">ἄλτ-ιος</b> (cf. [[Ἄλτις]]), i.e. <b class="b2">alq-ios</b>, cf. Goth. [[alhs]] 'temple'.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">sacred grove</b> (Il.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀλσίνη</b> a plant, (Dsc.); André, Noms de plantes; cf. CEG 6.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The name of the temple-area in Olympia, <b class="b3">Ἄλτις</b> f., would be identical with <b class="b3">ἄλσος</b>, Paus. 5, 10, 1; on this basis one reconstructs <b class="b3">*ἄλτι̯ος</b> for <b class="b3">ἄλσος</b>. Fur. 249, 253 accepts the equation, but interprets it in the context of other instances of dental\/sibilant in substr. words (<b class="b3">ἄννηθον</b>\/ <b class="b3">ἄνησον</b>). S. [[ἄλμα]].