σῆραγξ: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=-γγος<br />Grammatical information: f. (m.)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">canyon, hollowed chasm under the sea surface</b> (S., Pl., Arist. etc.), also of hollows and pores of the body (medic.), des. of a bed or plank (Agatharch., cf. [[σηλαγγεύς]]); metaph. = [[ἐπιθυμία]] H. (also [[σήραγγος]]).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σηράγγ-ιον</b> n. washing place in Piraeus (Att.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">full of σ.</b> (medic., Paus. a. o.), <b class="b3">-όομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[to be hollow]], [[to make porous]] (late).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S)<br />Etymology: Formation as the synonymous [[φάραγξ]]; cf. also [[φάλαγξ]] a. o. (Chantraine Form. 399f.); to [[σέσηρα]] (? s. v.), but in detail unclear. -- Clearly a Pre-Greek word (not in Furnée).