πετεηνός
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
πτηνόν
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ptēnos
English translation (word)
winged animal, bird
Transliteration (Etymon)
peteēnos
English translation (etymon)
winged animal, bird
Century
12 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Comm. Il. 1, 389
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, Leiden, 1971-1987
Quotation
δῆλον δ’ ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πετεηνοῦ συγκέκοπται τὸ πτηνόν.
Translation (En)
Obviously ptēnon "bird" is derived by syncope from peteēnon "bird".
Modern etymology
Derivative of πέτομαι "to fly", from PIE *path2-. Belongs with ποτάομαι "to fly", πτερόν "wing", πτηνός "winged", ὑψιπετής "high-flying" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has πετεινός "rooster", πετεινάρι "cockerel", but the Homeric form is not preserved
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Eustathius assumes that πετεηνός is the etymon of πτηνός whereas in other sources πετεηνός is derived from πετεινός /πετηνός by insertion of a vowel (see πετεινός / πέτομαι). He reverses the direction of the derivation but still assumes that both words come from πέτομαι "to fly".