ἄζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dry up]], [[parch]], ὁπότε χρόα Σείριος ἄζει <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>397</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Op.</span> 587</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.39.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>779</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">[αἴγειρος] ἀζομένη κεἰται</b> lies [[drying]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.487</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἄζω</span> (B), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cry]] [[ἆ]], [[groan]], [[sigh]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>980</span>; so perhaps in Med., εἴ τις . . ἄζηται κραδίην ἀκαχήμενος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>99</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[breathe hard]], <span class="bibl">Nicoch. 19</span>. (Perh. [[ἅζω]] (from the sound <b class="b2">ha!</b>) in this sense.)</span>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[dry]], [[parch]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Mostly intr. [[ἅζομαι]].<br />Derivatives: Hell. [[ἄζα]] [[dryness]], [[heat]] as in [[σάκος]] ... <b class="b3">πεπαλαγμένον ἄζῃ</b> (χ 184) often taken as [[mould]], which seems unnecessary, cf. <b class="b3">ἅζα ἅσβολος κόνις</b>, <b class="b3">παλαιότης· κόπρος ἐν ἀγγείῳ ὑπομείνασα</b> H. - Adj. [[ἀζαλέος]] [[dry]] (Il.), cf. [[ἰσχαλέος]], [[αὑσταλέος]] (no <b class="b2">l/n-</b>stem with [[ἀζάνομαι]]). Unclear <b class="b3">ἀζαυτός παλαιότη καὶ κόνις</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [68] <b class="b2">*h₂es-(d-)</b> [[dry]]<br />Etymology: Problematic is <b class="b3">ἄδδαυον· ξηρόν</b> H. A compound with [[αὖος]] is improbable; Latte corrects in <b class="b3">*ἀδδανον</b>. - Nearest cognate seems Czech. OPol. [[ozd]] [[dried malt]], Czech. Slov. [[ozditi]] [[to dry malt]], idg. <b class="b2">*h₂esd-</b>. With velar Gm. words, Goth. [[azgo]], OHG. [[asca]] [[ashes]]. Without the final cons. Lat. [[āreo]] [[be dry]], prob. also [[āra]], OLat. [[āsa]] [[altar]] which is found also in Hitt. <b class="b2">h̯ašša-</b> [[hearth]]. The Latin long [[a]] is explained from a perfect <b class="b2">*h₂e-h₂s-</b> > <b class="b2">as-</b> (Lubotsky, KZ 98 (1985) 1-10). Further Skt. <b class="b2">ā́sa-</b> m. [[ashes]], [[dust]] (which may continue <b class="b2">*h₂oso-</b>). S. also Specht Ursprung 201, 219, 232. (Not here [[ἄσβολος]].). Cf. [[αὖος]], [[ἀυσταλέος]].<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[cry]], [[groan]]<br />See also: [[ἆ]] interjection.