ἀστράγαλος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">one of the vertebrae (of the neck), ankle joint; knuckle-bones, dice</b> (Il.). Also a plant, s. DELG Suppl.<br />Other forms: [[ἀστραγάλη]] f. <b class="b2">ds.</b> (Anakr.). [[στράγαλος]] (Vita Aesop. (G) 69, s. LSJ Suppl.)<br />Derivatives: [[ἀστραγαλωτός]] ([[μάστιξ]]) <b class="b2">(whip) made from ἀ.</b> (Crates Com.), [[ἀστραγαλωτή]] a plant (Philum.); s. Schwyzer 503: 4, Chantr. Form. 305 sect. 243. - [[ἀστραγαλῖτις]] [[kind of Iris]] (Gal.), [[ἀστραγαλῖνος]] [[bull-finch]] (Dionys.). - Denom. [[ἀστραγαλίζω]] <b class="b2">play with a.</b> (Com., Pl.). Hypocoristic [[ἄστρις]] f. = [[ἀστράγαλος]] (Call.); with hypocoristic <b class="b3">χ-</b>Suffix, [[ἄστριχος]] m. (Antiph.), cf. Schwyzer 498.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Generally considered a derivation in <b class="b3">-λ-</b> (Chantr. Form. 247) of the old word for [[bone]] (s.v. [[ὀστέον]]), which was also assumed for [[ἀστακός]] (but s.s.v.) and <b class="b3">ὄστρ-ακον</b>, <b class="b3">ὄστρ-ειον</b> (but see s.v.). The <b class="b3">-γ</b> was compared with the nominative in the Skt. [[r-n-]]stems, e.g. <b class="b2">ásr̥-k</b>, gen. [[asn-áḥ]] [[blood]] (cf. [[ἔαρ]]); cf. Benveniste Orig. 7 and 28. But the word for [[bone]] was not an [[r-n-]]stem and the formation is improbable. It is therefore quite probably a substr. word (Beekes, Devel. 51). Improb. Winter Prothet. Vokal 37ff. - Cf. [[ἀστακός]], [[ὄστρακον]], [[ὀστρύς]], [[ὀστέον]].