νείφω

Word

Validation

No

Last modification

Fri, 10/21/2022 - 22:30

Word-form

νιφετός

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

niphetos

English translation (word)

falling snow

Transliteration (Etymon)

neiphō

English translation (etymon)

to snow

Author

Eustathius of Thessalonica

Century

12 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Comm. Il. 1, 196

Ed.

M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, vols. 1-4, Leiden: Brill, 1:1971; 2:1976; 3:1979; 4:1987

Quotation

[…] νείφω. […] οὗ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ἔνιφον, ὅθεν δοκεῖ ἡ νιφὰς εἶναι καὶ ὁ νιφετός.

Translation (En)

[…] neiphō "to snow". […] the second aorist is eniphon, from which apparently are derived niphas "snowflake" and niphetos "falling snow"

Comment

Derivational etymology starting from the verb νείφω, which is correct. The assumed etymon is the second aorist, with the zero grade of the root νιφ-.

Modern etymology

Derivative of *sneigwh- "to snow", also found in νείφω

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

Entry By

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