στυππεῖον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=(<b class="b3">-ίον</b>, [[στιππυον]])<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">oakum, tow, coarde fibre of flax or hemp</b> (Hdt., X., D., hell. a. late).<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">στυππειο-πώλης</b> m. [[oakum-dealer]] (Ar., Critias, inscr.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">στυππ-έϊνος</b> (<b class="b3">-ινος</b>, <b class="b3">στιπ(π)ύϊνος</b>) [[made of oakum]] (Com. Adesp., hell. a. late).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Rare <b class="b3">στύππ-η</b> f. [[oakum]], [[coarse flax]] (J. ap. Suid. s. v.), <b class="b3">-αξ</b> (also [[στύππαξ]]) m. joking short form for <b class="b3">στυππειο-πώλης</b> (Ar. Fr. 696); also [[στύπος]] = [[στύππη]] (<b class="b3">κάλοι ἀπὸ στύπου</b> Gal.). -- The rare [[στύππη]], which from a Dorian colony in Lower Italy came in Latin ([[stuppa]], [[stūpa]]; s. W.-Hofmann s. v.), was in Greek replaced by the derivation [[στυππεῖον]] (after the instr. nouns and other concreta in <b class="b3">-εῖον</b>); besides [[στίππυον]] (<b class="b3">-ύον</b>?; accent uncertain) after [[θρύον]], [[γήθυον]] a. o. with concomitant dissim. <b class="b3">στυππ-</b> > <b class="b3">στιππ-</b>. -- No certain agreement outside Greek. Of old (Curtius 216 a.o.) compared with Skt. <b class="b2">stū́pa-</b>, <b class="b2">stupá-</b> m. [[crown]] further connected with [[στύφω]]; s. v. -- Furnée 259 etc. compares <b class="b3">τοπει̃̃ον</b> [[cord]], [[rope]] without further comment; if this is correct, it shows that the word is Pre-Greek. The variations show that the word is Pre-Greek (note [[π]]/[[ππ]]). P. 366 n. 95 he noted "Der Fremdwortchrakter von στυππεῖον ist unverkennbar".