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|etymtx=-ίδος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">board, plank, wooden scaffold etc.</b>, pl. also <b class="b2">tablets used for writing, writing board(s)</b> (Att.), <b class="b2">planks of a gate, wing of a door</b> (ep.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Diminut. <b class="b3">σανίδ-ιον</b> n. (Att. etc.), <b class="b3">σαν-ίσκη</b> f. [[painting]] (Herod.); 2. <b class="b3">σανίδ-ωμα</b> n. [[planking]] (LXX, Thphr., Plb. etc.; Chantraine Form. 187); 3. <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">plank-like</b> (late); 4. <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[provided with planks]], <b class="b3">-ωτός</b> (hell. a. late).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Formation like <b class="b3">σελίς</b>, <b class="b3">δοκίς</b> a. other technical words (Chantraine Form. 337); further unexplained. The formally obcious connection with <b class="b3">σαίνω</b> (Solmsen IF 30, 46 f.) depends of a s. v. rejected explanation of <b class="b3">σαίνω</b>. A thinkable but quite hypothetic basis <b class="b2">*tu̯-n̥-id-</b> [would have to be <b class="b2">*tu̯n̥H-id-</b>] might make connection with the family of <b class="b3">τύλη</b>, <b class="b3">τύλος</b> (s. v.) possible. -- Older proposals in Bq and WP. 1, 709 (rejected).