ἐχεπευκής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (<b class="b3">πευκ-</b>, cf. [[pungo) sharp]], [[piercing]], βέλος <span class="bibl">Il.1.51</span>,<span class="bibl">4.129</span>: expld. by Eust., etc., as [[bitter]], and so later σμύρνη <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>600</span>; <b class="b3">σικύοιο ῥίζα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">866</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>475</span>.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: adjunct of [[βέλος]] (Α 51, Δ 129), of [[σμύρνα]] or [[ῥίζα]] (Nic. Th. 600 and 866), of [[ἀϋτμή]] (Orph. L. 475).<br />Derivatives: Beside it [[περιπευκής]] (Λ 845), also of [[βέλος]], and [[ἐμπευκής]] (Nic. Al. 202), of [[ὀπός]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [828] <b class="b2">*peuḱ-</b> [[sting]]<br />Etymology: Compoound (Schwyzer 441) of [[ἔχειν]] aund a noun like <b class="b3">*πεῦκος</b>, or a noun of another stem-class (Schwyzer 513; cf. also Chantraine Formation 426). Anyhow it has close relatives in [[πεύκη]] and in [[πευκεδανός]] and [[πευκάλιμος]]. The meaning [[bitter]] (Eust.), seen also in Nic., is clearly from [[sharp]], [[stinging]]. Prop. meaning of <b class="b3">ἐχε-πευκής</b> so prob. [[with a point]]; for cognates outside Greek s. [[πεύκη]]. - Older interpretations in Bq; s. also Bechtel Lex. s. v. Wrong Sturtevant ClassPhil. 3, 435ff.