Ἀφροδίτη: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: goddess of love (Il.)<br />Dialectal forms: Cypr. <b class="b3">᾽Αφοροδίτα</b>, Cret. <b class="b3">᾽Αφορδίτα</b><br />Derivatives: [[Ἀφροδιτάριον]] an eyesalve (Gal.), [[Ἀφροδιταρίδιον]] [[darling]] (Pl. Com.). Adj. [[Ἀφροδίσιος]] <b class="b2">belonging to A.</b> (Ion.-Att.), subst. [[Ἀφροδίσιον]] <b class="b2">temple of A.</b>; with [[ἀφροδισιακός]]; but [[Ἀφροδισιασταί]] <b class="b2">the adorants of A.</b> (Rhodos) cf. [[Ἀπολλωνιασται]].<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.?<br />Etymology: The connection with [[ἀφρός]] (Kretschmer KZ 33, 267) or other explanations (E. Maaß N. Jb. f. d. klass. Altertum 27, 457ff.) are now abandoned. - As the goddess seems to be of oriental origin (Burkert, Religion 152ff.), her name will also come from there. A possibility is the Semitic name of the goddess Aštoret, Astarte (Hommel N. Jb. f. klass. Philol. 125 [1882], 176); cf. Burkert l.c. 248 n. 18. It may have reached the Greeks through another language. - Less probable Hammarström Glotta 11, 21 5f.: [[Ἀφροδίτη]] the [[Herrin]], [[Vorsteherin]], [[Fürstin]], to Pre-Greek [[πρύτανις]], etr. (<b class="b2">e)prʮni</b>.