ἀκοστή: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[barley]] (Nic. Al. 106).<br />Other forms: [[ἀγοσταί]], <b class="b3">-έω</b> gramm. as AB 213.<br />Derivatives: Denomin. verb, ptc. [[ἀκοστήσας]] ([[ἵππος]]) Ζ 506, Ο 263 [[be well fed]].<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Hesychius calls the word Cyprian; Schol. on Ζ 506 Thessalian as name for food in general; cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 204. Unclear <b class="b3">ἀκόστιλα ἐλάχιστα</b> H. [[κοσταί]] = [[ἀκοστή]] H. may have lost its vowel, Kuiper 1956 [FS Kretschmer], 221. - Connected with Lat. <b class="b2">acus -eris</b> n. [[Granne]], [[Spreu]], Goth. [[ahs]], OHG [[ahir]] n. etc. <b class="b2">ear (of corn)</b>. Frisk: "Der Bildung nach wäre <b class="b3">ἀκοσ-τή</b> als substantiviertes Femininum ("die Grannige") mit lat. [[onus-tus]], [[venus-tus]] ([[locus-ta]]?) zu vergleichen, was natürlich möglich ist" shows the weakness of this explanation; s. Schwyzer 503; but one wouls expect <b class="b2">e-</b>grade <b class="b2">*akes-</b>. Szemerényi Gnomon 43, 1961, 652 proposes <b class="b2">*ako(n)stā</b> < <b class="b2">*akont-tā</b>. The form in <b class="b3">-στ-</b> (cf. [[ἄκαστος]]) rather points to foreign origin, as would the forms with <b class="b3">-γ-</b>, and [[κοσταί]], if these are old.<br />See also: Cf. also [[ἄχνη]].