ἄχνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἄχνα, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[anything that comes off the surface]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of liquids, [[foam]], [[froth]], in Hom. of the sea, <span class="bibl">Od.12.238</span>, al.; ἁλὸς ἄ. <span class="bibl">5.403</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Tim.<span class="title">Pers.</span>95</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.570</span>; <b class="b3">θοὴν ἀπερεύγεται ἄχνην</b>, of a river, <span class="bibl">D.P.693</span>: Medic., [[exudation]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">οἰνωπὸς ἄ</b>. [[froth]] of wine, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Or.</span>115</span>; <b class="b3">ἄχνα οὐρανία</b> [[dew]] of heaven, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>681</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">δακρύων ἄχνα</b> [[dewy]] tears, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>848</span> (lyr.); also <b class="b3">ἄχνη πυρός</b>, i.e. smoke, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 336</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of solids, [[chaff]], in pl., ὡς δ' ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέελ <span class="bibl">Il.5.499</span>; <b class="b3">καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">501</span>; [[down]] on the quince, μῆλον λεπτῇ πεποκωμένον ἄ. <span class="title">AP</span>6.102 (Phil.); <b class="b3">ἄχνη ἡ ἀφ' ἡμιτυβίου</b> [[fluff]], [[shreds]], used for [[lint]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>37</span>; ὀθονίου Id.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>2; <b class="b3">ἄ. Λυδῆς κερκίδος</b>, of [[finespun]] fabrics, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. χαλκίτιδος</b> metallic [[dust]], Plu.2.659c, cf. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>455</span>; <b class="b3">ἄχναι</b> [[wall-decorations]], dub. in <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.1</span> ([[stramina]] Cael. Aur.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἄχνην</b> in acc., as Adv., [[morsel]], [[the least bit]], ἢν δ' οὖν καταμύσῃ κἂν ἄχνην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>92</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">πυρὸς ἄ</b>., = [[χαμελαία]], Dsc.4.171; = [[θυμελαία]], ib.172. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ἄχναν· τὴν οἴκησιν</b>, Hsch.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">foam, froth; chaff</b> (Il.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Cf. <b class="b3">ἄχυρον</b> [[chaff]]. Also, with different velar, Lat. [[agna]] (< <b class="b2">*ac-nā</b>) [[ear of corn]], Goth. [[ahana]] [[chaff]] usw. (with the root of <b class="b3">ἄκων</b>). <b class="b3">ἄχνη</b> could have a suffix <b class="b2">-snā</b> (Schwyzer 327); for the <b class="b2">-s-</b> cf. <b class="b3">ἀκοστή</b>). Expressive aspiration (DELG s. <b class="b3">ἄχωρ</b>) seems improbable. But the connection with <b class="b3">ἄχυρον</b> (q.v.) shows that this is a Pre-Greek word.