δέλεαρ: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=-ατος<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[decoy]] (Ion.-Att.).<br />Other forms: Pl. also [[δέλευρα]] (s. below); pl. [[δείλατα]].<br />Derivatives: Denomin. [[δελεάζω]] [[entice]] (Ion.-Att.) with [[δελέασμα]] (Ar.), [[δελεασμάτιον]] (Philox.), [[δελεασμός]] (Arist.) and the instr. names [[δελεάστρα]] [[baited trap]] (Cratin.), [[δελέαστρον]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nicoph.); with [[δελαστρεύς]] [[fisher with baited trap]] (Nic.; for <b class="b3">*δελεα-</b> metri causa, s. Boßhardt Die Nomina auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 68). - With the same meaning [[δείλατα]] pl. (Call. Fr. 458), [[δελήτιον]] (Sophr.; <b class="b3">δελῆτι δελέατι</b> H.), [[δέλετρον]] (Numen. ap. Ath., Opp.; after the instr. names in <b class="b3">-τρον</b>), [[δέλος]] (PMagPar. 1, 939, Eust.; innov. after the neutres in <b class="b3">-ος</b>).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: The plural [[δέλευρα]] (Ath.) suggests for [[δέλεαρ]] an original <b class="b2">r-n-</b>stem <b class="b3">*δέλε-Ϝαρ</b>; cf. [[ἄλευρα]] : <b class="b3">*ἄλε-Ϝαρ</b>. Twosyllabic <b class="b3">δελε-</b> also in [[δελήτιον]] < <b class="b3">*δελεάτιον</b> and in new [[δέλετρον]] (s. Chantr. Form. 332f.). Deviant only late [[δείλατα]], which may derive from <b class="b3">*δέλ-Ϝατα</b>. Beside twosyll. <b class="b3">δελε-</b> we have <b class="b3">βλη-</b> in [[βλῆρ]] (Alc.), from <b class="b3">*βλῆ-(Ϝ)αρ</b>? or <b class="b3">*βλέ-(Ϝ)αρ</b>?; s. [[βλέτυες]]. -- One might suppose that [[δέλεαρ]] und [[βλῆρ]] originated frim dissimilation from <b class="b3">*δέρεαρ</b> and <b class="b3">*βρῆρ</b>, and connect [[βιβρώσκω]] (s. v.) and OHG [[querdar]] [[bait]]. One has also tried to connect [[δέλεαρ]] and [[βλῆρ]] with initial Labiovelar <b class="b2">gu-</b> with Arm. [[klanem]], aor. [[ekul]] [[devour]], with Russ. <b class="b2">gɫotátь</b> [[swallow]], Lat. [[gula]], [[gluttio]] [[devour]]. However, the word may well be non-IE; see the words cited.