στύραξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ] (A), ᾰκος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[storax]], <span class="bibl">Mnesim.4.62</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 534b25</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.7.3</span>, Dsc.1.66, <span class="bibl">Sor.2.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>1.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.297.12</span> (v A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[στύραξ]], [[ὁ]] or ἡ, [[the tree producing this gum]], [[Styrax officinalis]], fem. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.107</span>, masc. in <span class="bibl">Str.12.7.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>28</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">στύραξ</span> [ῠ] (B), ᾰκος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">spike at the lower end of a spear-shaft</b>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>6.2.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>184a</span>; [[shaft]], ἀκοντίων <span class="bibl">Onos.10.4</span> (pl.).</span>

|etymtx=1. <b class="b3">-ακος</b><br />Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: des. of a gummi and of the producing shrub or tree [[Styrax officinalis]] (Hdt., Arist., Thphr., Str. a.o.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">στυράκ-ιον</b> n. dimin. (pap.), <b class="b3">-ινος</b> <b class="b2">made of styrax-tree or of styrax</b> (LXX, Str., Dsc. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> [[to smell or taste like styrax]] (Dsc.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.<br />Etymology: On the formatiom cf. [[ὄμφαξ]], [[δόναξ]], [[ἄνθραξ]] a.o. -- After Hdt. 3, 107 introduced into Greece by the Phoenicians, what points to Semitic origin. Lagarde and Lewy Fremdw. 41 f. compare Hebr. <b class="b2">ṣorī</b> [[the resin of the Mastix tree and the terebinth]]; doubts in Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 501. -- With the tree-name is prob. 2. [[στύραξ]] identical; to be noted, beside [[μελίη]] [[ash]] and <b class="b2">(staff of a) spear</b>, esp. the <b class="b3">στυράκινα ἀκοντίσματα</b> in Str. 12, 7, 3. -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[styrax]], [[storax]], from where OE [[stor]], OHG [[storr]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (W.-Hofmann s. v. w. lit.).<br />2. <b class="b3">-ακος</b><br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">(lower end of a) spear-shaft</b> (X., Pl. a.o.).<br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">στυράκ-ιον</b> n. (Th., Aen. Tact.); <b class="b3">-ίζειν κεντρίζειν</b> H., EM.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Formation like [[χάραξ]], [[κάμαξ]] a.o., acc. to usual interpretation (e.g. Persson Beitr. 2, 714, WP. 2, 608) to [[σταυρός]] with zero grade with short vowel; cf. [[στῦλος]], [[στύω]]. -- Prob. rather identical with the tree-name; s. 1. [[στύραξ]]. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek.