κατηφής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[with downcast eyes]], [[downcast]], κατηφέες ἐσσόμεθ' αἰεί <span class="bibl">Od.24.432</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cic. <span class="title">Att.</span>13.42.1</span>; τὸν μὲν κατηφῆ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>881</span>; κ. ὄμμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>633</span> (but <b class="b3">κ. ὀφθαλμοί</b> [[sunken]] eyes, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.25</span>); κ. καὶ ὑπεραύστηρος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 471.92</span> (ii A.D.); of animals, αἱ ἵπποι ὅταν ἀποκείρωνται, γίνονται κατηφέστεραι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>572b9</span>; τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>808a10</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">807b12</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">κ. ἄμπελος</b> [[drooping]] in sorrow, <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span>9.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[dim]], [[obscure]], νύξ <span class="title">AP</span>9.658 (Paul. Sil.); χωρίον <span class="bibl">Poll.5.110</span>; of colour, κ. ὁ λίθος καὶ μέλας <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.1.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Ecl.</span>12.7</span>.</span>

|elnltext=κατηφής -ές [κατά, ἁφή?] [[met neergeslagen ogen]], [[beschaamd]].

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[with downcast eyes]], [[ashamed]], [[sad]] (ω 432, Hp., E.).<br />Derivatives: - [[κατήφεια]], ep. ion. <b class="b3">-είη</b> <b class="b2">being downcast etc.</b> (Il., Th.). [[κατηφέω]] (E., Arist.), aor. <b class="b3">-ῆσαι</b> [[be downcast]], [[be ashamed etc.]] (Il.); [[κατηφής]] a backformation? (Szemerényi Glotta 33, 244 hesitating). By-forms: [[κατηφόνες]] = [[κατηφέες]] (Ω 253; see Schwyzer 487, Chantraine Formation 160); [[κατηφιάω]] = [[κατηφέω]] (A. R., AP, Plu.), after the verbs in <b class="b3">-ιάω</b>.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Uncertain. Acc. to Schwyzer Mél. de Saussure 247ff. as [[having the view downwards]] to [[ἁφή]], [[ἅπτω]] (against this Kretschmer Glotta 5, 309). Diff., not better, Prellwitz KZ 44, 123f., Glotta 19, 126, Fick KZ 45, 56f. (thus Bechtel Lex. s. v.), Pisani Rend. Acc. Lincei 4-5 (1929) 4. - Blanc, Mél. ...Taillardat, 1988, 33-48 and BAGB 1996, 11f., connects [[θάμβος]] etc. and assumes <b class="b3">*κατα-τηφής</b> [[completely stupefied]]; but one would rather expect <b class="b3">*-θηπης</b>.