δοχμός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[oblique]] (Il., Delphi IIa);<br />Derivatives: [[δόχμιος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ar.), also in metr. [[versus dochmius]] (Choerob.) with [[δοχμιακός]], [[δοχμικός]], [[δοχμαικός]], [[δοχμιάζω]] (sch.). - [[δόχμη]] or [[δοχμή]] [[breadth of a hand]] from [[oblique]]. Denomin. [[δοχμόομαι]] ([[δοχμωθείς]]) <b class="b2">go obliquely, slantwise, turn on one side</b> (Hes., h. Merc.), aor. act. a. med. [[δοχμῶσαι]], <b class="b3">-ώσασθαι</b> (Nonn.). - <b class="b3">δοχμαλόν χαμαίζηλον</b>, [[ταπεινόν]] H. after [[χθαμαλός]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [222] <b class="b2">*dh₃ghmo-</b> [[oblique]]<br />Etymology: Old word, identical with Skt. <b class="b2">jihmá-</b> [[oblique]]. From <b class="b2">*dh₃ghmo-</b>; in <b class="b2">jihmá-</b> the <b class="b2">j-</b> from <b class="b2">d-</b> must have been assimilated to the velar (PIIr. <b class="b2">*žižhmá-</b> < <b class="b2">*dižhmá-</b>), s. Schmidt l.c., Schwyzer 302g; s. also Mayrhofer EWAia s. <b class="b2">jihmáḥ</b>.