σίμβλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[beehive]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>598</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>627a6</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.19.2</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.132</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[any store]] or [[hoard]], σ. χρημάτων <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">V.</span>241</span>:—later σίμβλ-ον, τό, pl. <b class="b3">σίμβλα</b>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.23</span> (v.l. [[-ους]]).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. (pl. also <b class="b3">-α</b> [Opp.].<br />Meaning: [[beehive]] (Hes., Ar., Arist., Theoc., A. R. a. o.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-αι</b> [H.].<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σιμβλ-ήϊος</b>, f. <b class="b3">-ηΐς</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the b.</b> (A. R., AP), <b class="b3">-ιος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Dsc., Ruf. ap. Orib.; uncertain), <b class="b3">-εύω</b> [[to seek shelter in a beehive]] (AP), <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> f. des. of an eye-disease (Hippiatr.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. To be rejected Charpentier KZ 47, 183 f. (s. Kretschmer Glotta 9, 234). (A rich choice of Pelasgian explanations in v. Windekens Ét. Pélasg. 107 f.) -- Furnée 286 compares <b class="b3">σιπύη</b>, <b class="b3">σίφνις</b>, <b class="b3">σιβαία</b> Not realy certain. Further he mentions Lat. [[simpulum]] (Fest.), [[simpuvium]] (Varr.) [[a small ladle]] and [[vessel for offering liquids]], [[a sacrificial bowl]].