μείλιχος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[oft]], [[mild]], [[friendly]] (Il.); also [[μειλίχιος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.); [[Μειλίχιος]] surn., esp. of Zeus (IA.), Att. also [[Μιλίχιος]] (early itacism, Schwyzer 193), Dor. <b class="b3">Μηλ-</b>, Arc. <b class="b3">Μελ-</b>, with [[Μειλιχιεῖον]] <b class="b2">temple of Zeus M.</b> (Halaesa); details in Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 411ff.<br />Other forms: Aeol. [[μέλλιχος]].<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. [[μελλιχόφωνος]] (Sapph.), [[ἀμείλιχος]] = [[unfriendly]], [[irreconcilable]] = [[ἀμείλικτος]] (Il.; cf. Frisk Adj.priv. 7f.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: From [[μείλιχος]]: 1. [[μειλιχίη]] f. [[softness]], [[mildness]] (O741, Hes., A. R.); 2. [[μειλιχώδης]] [[soft]] (Cerc.); [[μειλίχη]] f. [[boxing-glove]] (Paus. 8, 40, 3; cf. [[πυρρίχη]]); 4. [[μειλίσσω]], aor. <b class="b3">-ίξαι</b> [[calm]] (Il.), also with <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>; [[μείλιγμα]] ([[μέλιχμα]] Miletos VIa ; Schulze Kl. Schr. 411 ) n. [[means to calm]], [[expiational offer]] (κ 217), ([[ἐκμείλιξις]], [[μείλιξις]] [[expiation]] (Anon. ap. Suid., Eust.), [[μειλικτήριος]] = [[expiating]] (A. Pers. 610), <b class="b3">-τικῶς</b> adv. <b class="b2">id.</b> (sch.); [[μείλικτρα]] pl. = [[μειλίγματα]] (A. R.). Popular formation with <b class="b3">χ-</b>suffix as in [[νηπίαχος]], [[ὁσσίχος]] (Dor.) a. o. (Chantraine Form. 403f., Schwyzer 498, Locker Glotta 22, 58f.), firt to [[μείλια]] (s. v.), but without certain further connection. The diff. dialect forms <b class="b3">μειλ-</b> : <b class="b3">μελλ-</b> : <b class="b3">μηλ-</b> can be explained from <b class="b3">μελ-ν-</b>, whereby one thought partly of Lat. [[mel]] [[honey]], gen. [[mellis]] (if really from <b class="b2">*mel-n-és</b>), partly of Lith. <b class="b2">malóne</b> [[mercy]]; see the lit. in W.-Hofmann s. [[mel]], [[melior]] and [[mītis]]; old lit. also in WP. 2, 244 and in Bq. -- Folketymologically [[μείλιχος]] was no doubt connected with [[μέλι]] (Chantraine Mél. Boisacq 1, 169ff.), but [[μειλισσέμεν]] H410 not with Schmid BphW 36, 1414ff. for <b class="b3">*μελισσέμεν</b> from [[μέλι]], cf. Kretschmer Glotta 10, 242. On the coexistence of [[μειλιχίη]] and [[μειλίσσω]] Scheller Oxytonierung 40; observations on [[μείλιχος]] : [[μειλίχιος]] in Porzig Satzinhalte 207 f..