ἄζω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[dry]], [[parch]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Mostly intr. <b class="b3">ἅζομαι</b>.<br />Derivatives: Hell. <b class="b3">ἄζα</b> [[dryness]], [[heat]] as in <b class="b3">σάκος</b> ... <b class="b3">πεπαλαγμένον ἄζῃ</b> (χ 184) often taken as [[mould]], which seems unnecessary, cf. <b class="b3">ἅζα ἅσβολος κόνις</b>, <b class="b3">παλαιότης· κόπρος ἐν ἀγγείῳ ὑπομείνασα</b> H. - Adj. <b class="b3">ἀζαλέος</b> [[dry]] (Il.), cf. <b class="b3">ἰσχαλέος</b>, <b class="b3">αὑσταλέος</b> (no <b class="b2">l\/n-</b>stem with <b class="b3">ἀζάνομαι</b>). Unclear <b class="b3">ἀζαυτός παλαιότη καὶ κόνις</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [68] <b class="b2">*h₂es-(d-)</b> [[dry]]<br />Etymology: Problematic is <b class="b3">ἄδδαυον· ξηρόν</b> H. A compound with <b class="b3">αὖος</b> is improbable; Latte corrects in <b class="b3">*ἀδδανον</b>. - Nearest cognate seems Czech. OPol. [[ozd]] [[dried malt]], Czech. Slov. [[ozditi]] <b class="b2">to dry malt</b>, idg. <b class="b2">*h₂esd-</b>. With velar Gm. words, Goth. [[azgo]], OHG. [[asca]] [[ashes]]. Without the final cons. Lat. [[āreo]] [[be dry]], prob. also [[āra]], OLat. [[āsa]] [[altar]] which is found also in Hitt. <b class="b2">h̯ašša-</b> [[hearth]]. The Latin long [[a]] is explained from a perfect <b class="b2">*h₂e-h₂s-</b> > <b class="b2">as-</b> (Lubotsky, KZ 98 (1985) 1-10). Further Skt. <b class="b2">ā́sa-</b> m. [[ashes]], [[dust]] (which may continue <b class="b2">*h₂oso-</b>). S. also Specht Ursprung 201, 219, 232. (Not here <b class="b3">ἄσβολος</b>.). Cf. [[αὖος]], [[ἀυσταλέος]].<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[cry]], [[groan]]<br />See also: [[ἆ]] interjection.