νωχελής: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[slow]], [[dull]], [[sluggish]] (Hp., S., E., hell. epic).<br />Other forms: Also [[νωχαλής]] (cod. <b class="b3">νωφ-</b>) [[νωθρός]] H. with <b class="b3">νωχαλίζει βραδύνει</b>; NGr. [[ἀνώχαλος]] with [[ἀ-]]prothesis (Papadopoulos [[Ἀρχ]]. [[Ἐφ]]. 28, 58 ff.).<br />Derivatives: [[νωχελίη]], <b class="b3">-ία</b> f. [[slowness]], [[laziness]] (T 411; cf. Porzig, Satzinhalte 204 and Delebecque Cheval 156 f.), also <b class="b3">-εια</b> f. (Orib., H.); [[νωχελίς]], <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. plantname = [[βαλλωτή]] (Ps.-Dsc.); also [[νωκελίς]], which points to a Pre-Greek word, and [[νωφρύς]]; cf. Strömberg Pflanzenn. 158; [[νωχελεύομαι]] [[be slow]], [[indolent]] (Aq.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. On the formation Bechtel s. v.; hypothetic etymology by Sütterlin IF 29, 126 (mentioned by Bq and WP. 2, 698). Fur. 133 connects [[νῶκαρ]] (s.v.), which implies that the word is Pre-Greek. Note also <b class="b3">χαλ-</b>\/<b class="b3">κελ-</b> and [[χ]]\/[[φ]] (for which I have no explanation).