ἄλπνιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Sup. of <b class="b3">ἄλπνος</b> (only in compd. <b class="b3">ἔπαλπνος</b>, q.v.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sweetest]], [[loveliest]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).12</span>; cf. ἀλπαλέον (cod. <b class="b3">-αῖον</b>) <b class="b3">· ἀγαπητόν</b>, Hsch. (Cf. <b class="b3">ἔλπω</b> (ϝέλπω), Lat. [[volup]].) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: See below. (Pi. I. 5 (4), 12)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἔπαλπνος</b> [[amiable]] (Pi. P. 8, 84) = <b class="b3">ἡδύς</b>, <b class="b3">προσηνής</b> (Sch.); <b class="b3">ἀλπαλέον ἀγαπητόν</b> H., from which (perhaps) <b class="b3">ἁρπαλέος</b> (influenced by <b class="b3">ἁρπάζω</b>; the gloss <b class="b3">ἁπάλιμα· ἁρπακτά</b>, <b class="b3">προσφιλῆ</b> shows the double meaning; cf. also <b class="b3">ἁρπαλίζομαι· ἀσμένως δέχομαι</b> H.). Here also the PN <b class="b3">Ἀλπονίδης</b> (inscr. Karthaia), Bechtel Namenstudien 5f., from <b class="b3">῎Αλπων</b>.<br />Dialectal forms: <b class="b3">ἄλπαρ</b> inscr. Crete; uncertain.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: For <b class="b3">ἄλπνιστος</b> Wackernagel KZ 43, 377 reads <b class="b3">*ἄλπιστος</b>, a primary superlative formation and attested as PN (A. Pers. 982; but text uncertain). The assumption of an old <b class="b2">r\/n-</b>stem, once popular, is unnecessary (the Cretan form would point to it). - <b class="b3">ἀλπ-</b> as <b class="b3">*Ϝαλπ-</b>, zero grade of <b class="b3">*Ϝελπ-</b> in [[ἔλπομαι]], <b class="b3">ἐλπίς</b>, is doubtful (one expects <b class="b3">*Ϝλαπ-</b>).