σίαλον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n. (m.)<br />Meaning: [[spittle]], [[slobber]], metaph. [[joint-fluid]], [[synovitis]] (Hp., Pherecr., X., Arist., hell. a. late).<br />Other forms: [[σίελον]] (<b class="b3">-ος</b>)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σιαλίς βλέννος</b> (slime) H. , [[σιαλώδης]] [[saliva-like]] (Hp.), <b class="b3">σιαλ-ίζω</b> (<b class="b3">σιελ-</b>) [[to form spittle]], [[slobber]], [[to foam]] (Hp., Archig.), <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> m. [[waterbrash]] (medic.), <b class="b3">-ιστήριον</b> n. [[bridle-bit]] (Gp.). Besides the verb <b class="b3">σίαι πτύσαι</b> (cod. [[πτῆσαι]]) [[Πάφιοι]] H. (cf. Schwyzer 752 n. 4).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)<br />Etymology: Expressive-popular words as [[πτύαλον]], [[πτύω]], with which they have also genetically been connected; s. [[πτύω]] w. further lit. On the supposed but quite uncertain connection with Skt. <b class="b2">kṣī́vati</b> [[spit]] (Dhātup.) s. Wackernagel in Bechtel Dial. 1. 454 and Mayrhofer s. v. -- To be noted further the very rare and late attested [[σιαίνομαι]], aor. [[σιάνθην]] [[to meet antipathy]], [[disgust]] (pap. Vl--VIIp, H., Suid., Gloss.), [[σιαίνω]] [[to cause antipathy]] (sch.), which seems to be a transformation of the synonymous [[σικχαίνω]], <b class="b3">-ομαι</b> (s. v.) after [[σίαι]] and similar unliterary forms. -- It cold derive from a Pre-Greek <b class="b2">*syal-</b>. S. also [[σίαλος]].