δίκροος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, contr. δίκρους, α<b class="b3">, ουν;</b> or δικρόος, contr. δικροῦς, ᾶ<b class="b3">, οῦν;</b> also written δίκρος, α, ον:—[[forked]], [[cloven]], γλώσσημα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 152</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.7</span>; ξύλον <span class="bibl">Timocl.9.6</span>; χηλή <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>590b25</span>, etc.; of a serpent's tongue, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>660b6</span>, al.; of the womb, in selachians, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>511a6</span>; of muscles and tendons, Gal.2.369; δίκρα ῥίζα <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>9.11.3</span>; <b class="b3">δικροῖς ἐώθουν τὴν θεὸν—κεκράγμασιν</b> (<b class="b3">παρὰ προσδοκίαν</b> for [[ξύλοις]]) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>637</span>; [[δίκρουν]] or <b class="b3">δικροῦν, τό,</b> [[bifurcation]], Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span> <span class="bibl">225</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>78b</span>; also <b class="b3">δικρόα, ἡ,</b> <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>9.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.6.9</span>.

|etymtx=δίκρους<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[forked]], [[cloven]] (Ion.-Att.; cf. Ilberg Arch. f. Pap. 4, 281f.).<br />Other forms: ([[δικρόος]], [[δικροῦς]], with hyphaeresis [[δίκρος]])<br />Derivatives: None.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [574] <b class="b2">*(du̯i)-k̀r-ou-o-</b> [[two-horned]].<br />Etymology: One reconstructs <b class="b3">*δί-κροϜ-ος</b>, as [[two-horned]], from <b class="b3">δι-</b> (s. [[δίς]]) and a word for [[horn]]; but [[κερα]][F]<b class="b3">-ός</b> [[horned]] (Lat. [[cerv-us]] [[deer]], Av. <b class="b2">srū-</b> [[horn]]) requires <b class="b2">*ḱerh₂-uo-</b>, which requires <b class="b2">*ḱerh₂-</b>. Nussbaum, Head and Horn, 2-18, argues that there were laryngeal-less forms (Skt. <b class="b2">śr̥ṅga-</b>, [[κάρνος]] H.), and assumes <b class="b2">*du̯i-ḱr-ou̯-o-</b> (but forms like [[κόρυς]], [[κόρυμβα]] are Pre-Greek).