γλυκύς: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[sweet]] (Il.); on [[γλυκίων]], [[γλύσσων]], [[γλυκύτερος]], <b class="b3">γλυκ(ε)ιότερος</b> s. Seiler 48ff.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[dereuko]] perhaps /[[dleukos]]/.<br />Derivatives: [[γλύκων]] individualising (Ar. Ek. 985), also PN, with [[Γλυκώνειος]] (Heph.); [[γλυκόεις]] (Nic.); diminutives: [[γλυκάδιον]] [[sweetmeat]], [[vinegar]] (Choerob.; for the meaning cf. [[ἦδος]] = [[ὄξος]]), [[γλυκίδιον]] (pap.). - <b class="b3">γλυκίν(ν)ας</b> m. [[cake made with sweet wine]] (Seleuk. ap. Ath., Cretan H.). - [[γλυκύτης]] (Hdt.). - Denom. [[γλυκαίνω]] (Hp.), [[γλύκυσμα]] (Lib., Sch.), mit [[γλύκανσις]] (Thphr.), [[γλυκαντικός]] (S.); [[γλυκάζω]] (LXX) etc.; [[γλυκασία]] [[family-love]] (Sammelb.); [[γλυκίζω]] (Pagae, Gp.), [[γλυκισμός]] (Callix.); <b class="b3">ἐγ-γλύσσω</b> [[be sweet]] (Hdt. [[ἔγγλυκυς]] Dsc.; [[γλύξις]] [[sweet wine]] (Phryn. Com.); <b class="b3">γλεῦξις οἶνος ἕψημα</b> <[[ἔχων]]> H., cf. [[γλεῦκος]]. - Also [[γλυκερός]] (Od.), f. (with withdrawn accent) [[Γλυκέρα]] as PN, with [[Γλυκέριον]]. - With geminate: <b class="b3">γλυκκόν γλυκύ</b> and <b class="b3">γλύκκα ἡ γλυκύτης</b> H. - Plant name <b class="b3">γλύκη βοτάνη τις ἐδώδιμος</b> H. and (strange) [[γλυκυμή]] = [[γλυκύρριζα]] (Hp. ap. Gal.), cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 63. - [[γλεῦκος]] n. [[sweet wine]] (Arist.), [[γλεύκινος]] (Dsc.), [[γλευκίτης]] ([[οἶνος]]) = [[γλεῦκος]] (Arist.-Komm.); [[γλευκήσας]] <b class="b2">stunned by γ.</b> (H.); also [[γλεύκη]] = [[γλυκύτης]] (Sch.) and [[γλεῦξις]], s. [[γλύξις]] above.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [222] <b class="b2">*dlku-</b>? [[sweet]]<br />Etymology: If to Lat. [[dulcis]] , with <b class="b3">γλ-</b> < <b class="b3">δλ-</b>. But the [[υ]] is also unexpected. The Mycenaean form seems to confirm the idea.- On arm. k[[aɫcr]] [[sweet]] s. on [[ἡδύς]]. - Full grade [[γλεῦκος]] seems a late innovation (after the many neutral <b class="b3">σ-</b>stems) but [[ἀγλευκής]] (Epich.) seems old.