ἀργός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[shining white]], also [[quick]], [[mobile]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[podako]] \/[[podargos]]\/? name of a cow; [[tomako]] \/[[stomargos]]\/? (s. [[στόμα]]); [[tumako]] \/[[thumargos]]\/ ?<br />Compounds: First member <b class="b3">ἀργι-</b> in <b class="b3">ἀργί-πους</b>, <b class="b3">ἀργι-κέραυνος</b>, <b class="b3">ἀργι-όδων</b> etc., cf. Sktd. <b class="b2">r̥ji-</b> in <b class="b2">r̥ji-pyá-</b> (s. [[αἰγυπιός]]). [[ἀργιλίπης]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] For <b class="b3">ἀργιόπους· ἀετός</b>, [[Μακεδόνες]] read [[ἀργίπους]]. As last member cf. [[πόδαργος]] [[with quick feet]].<br />Derivatives: [[ἀργᾶς]], <b class="b3">-ᾶ</b> m. (Achae.), [[ἀργόλας]] m. (Suid.), type of snake. PN with regular accent shift [[Ἄργος]] m. (Od.; [[quick]], the dog of Odysseus) and [[Ἀργώ]] f. [[the quick]], name of the mythical ship (Od.). [[ἀργήεις]] s.s.v. [[ἀργής]]. On <b class="b3">ἀργι-</b> (s. comp.) [[ἀργινόεις]] (Β 647, 656); from here [[Ἀργινοῦσσαι]]. A neutr. s-stem in <b class="b3">ἐν-αργής</b> and in: 1. <b class="b3">ἀργεσ-τής</b> m. epithet of the southwind ([[νότος]], Il.), and the westwind ([[Ζέφυρος]], Hes.) [[clear]], also as name of the wind (with regular acc. shift) [[Ἀργέστης]] (Arist.); just for [[ἀργής]] Nic. Th. 592; 2. [[ἀργεννός]] < <b class="b3">*ἀργεσ-νός</b> [[shining white]], an Aeolic form (Il.). On the t-stem [[ἀργής]] s.v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [64] <b class="b2">*h₂rǵ-</b> [[white]]<br />Etymology: Agrees with Skt. <b class="b2">r̥jrá-</b>, which points to <b class="b2">*h₂rǵ-ro-</b> > <b class="b3">*ἀργρος</b>, which by dissimilation became [[ἀργός]]; <b class="b3">ἀργι-</b> agrees with Skt. <b class="b2">r̥ji-</b> ([[i]] : [[ro]] from a Caland-system). The root <b class="b2">*-h₂(e)rǵ-</b> is found in several languages: Lat. [[argentum]] (s. [[ἄργυρος]]), Skt. <b class="b2">árjuna-</b> [[white]], [[light]], Toch. A [[ārki]], B [[arkwi]] [[white]], Hitt. <b class="b2">h̯arkiš</b> [[white]], [[hell]]. It is generally assumed that the meaning [[white]] and [[quick]] have the same source. S. [[ἄργεμον]], [[ἀργής]], [[ἄργυρος]]<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[idle]], [[lazy]] (Hdt.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Contraction of <b class="b3">ἀ-(Ϝ)εργός</b> (Il.), with [[α]] privativum and <b class="b3">(Ϝ)έργον</b>.