γαμψός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[curved]], [[crooked]], of the uterine <b class="b3">κόλποι</b>, Hp.[[Nat Pucr]].31; κέρατα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>630a31</span>; ῥύγχος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>662b2</span>; <b class="b3">ὄνυχες</b> ib.<span class="bibl">662b5</span> (Comp.); ἅρπαι Lyc.358. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of birds of prey, = [[γαμψῶνυξ]], <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>337</span> (anap.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[curved]], [[crooked]] (Ar.)<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">γαμψῶνυξ</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">γαμψώνυχος</b> (Epich.) <b class="b2">w. curved claws</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">γαμψόομαι</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">γαμψωλή</b> (H.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: It seems evident to connect [[γνάμπτω]] (q. v.). The absence of the <b class="b3">-ν-</b> was explained as dissimilation, if <b class="b3">γαμψός</b> is a backformation from <b class="b3">γαμψώνυχ(ο</b>)- (Leumann Hom. Wörter 156); this is improbable and must be rejected. (It is an explanation to avoid certain conclusions; we should rather explain these conclusions). Nor a contamination of <b class="b3">γνάμπτω</b> and <b class="b3">κάμπτω</b> (Güntert Reimwortbildungen 115f.). I think we rather have to connect (a variant of) <b class="b3">κάμπτω</b>. Also, the question remains about the relation between [[κάμπτω]] and [[γνάμπτω]]. I think all these words are Pre-Greek; s.vv.