στῖφος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">crowd packed closely together, troop of warriors, ships etc.</b> (Hdt., A., Ar., Th., X. etc.).<br />Derivatives: Besides [[στιφρός]] [[packed closely together]], [[tight]], [[compact]] (Ar., X., Arist., hell. a. late) with <b class="b3">-ότης</b> f. [[compactness]] (middl. com.), <b class="b3">-άω</b> [[to harden]] (Ath., Eust.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: With [[στῖφος]] : [[στιφρός]] cf. e.g. [[αἶσχος]] : [[αἰσχρός]], [[κῦδος]] : [[κυδρός]]. To the family of [[στείβω]] with vowellength as in [[στίβη]] [[hoarfrost]]; without direct agreement outside Greek. An IE aspirate (= Gr. [[φ]]) is prob. also found in some semantically deiviating Balto-Slav. words, e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">stíebas</b> <b class="b2">mast(tree), pillar, stalk</b>, <b class="b2">stáibis</b> [[lower shank]], [[supporting post]] [note that the Baltic acute points to a b, not [[bh]]], OCS [[stьblь]], Russ. <b class="b2">stébelь</b> [[stalk]], thus in Skt. <b class="b2">stibhi-</b> m. [[bunch of flowers]], [[bundle]]. Further s. [[στείβω]]; cf. [[στριφνός]]. -- From [[στῖφος]] Lat. <b class="b2">*stīpus</b> in [[stīpāre]]? (Thierfelder by letter). -- From [[στείβω]] neither the [[φ]] not the vowellength can be explained. So the word must be Pre-Greek.