ἀμαρύσσω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[sparkle]], [[twinkle]] (of the eye) (h. Merc., Hes.)<br />Other forms: only present<br />Derivatives: [[ἀμαρυγή]] ([[υ]] metr. lengthening) [[twinkling]] (h. Merc.), [[ἀμάρυγξ]] id. (Hdn.; on the formation Schwyzer 498 : 7). Nasalized form perhaps in [[Ἀμαρυγκεύς]] (Ψ 630) and in <b class="b3">ἀμαρυγκυσία βοστρυχία</b> H. (quite unclear; mistake?) - <b class="b3">ἀμαρύττα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς</b> H.; taken as a Cret. dual = [[ἀμαρύκτα]] [[the twinkling]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Compared with [[μαρμαίρω]] (q.v.; cf. [[μαρμαρυγή]]). As <b class="b3">-ύσσω</b> is typically Greek (Schwyzer 733), comparison with Lith. <b class="b2">mérkti</b> [[close the eyes]], [[flicker]] etc. is not allowed. The word may be called expressive, but may well be of Pre-Greek origin, with <b class="b3">ἀ-</b> interchanging with reduplication and the suffix <b class="b3">-υξ</b>\/<b class="b3">-υγξ</b> which is typical of the substr. language and shows prenasalization; Kuiper, FS Kretschmer 1, 221.