γνάμπτω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
γναθμός
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
gnathmos
English translation (word)
jaw
Transliteration (Etymon)
gnamptō
English translation (etymon)
to bend
Century
12 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 236
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum, Oxford, 1848
Quotation
Ἔστι δὲ ἡ γνάθος. Παρὰ τὸ γνάπτω, γέγναπται, γναπτὸς καὶ γναθμὸς, ὡς κέκλαυσαι, κλαυθμός. Ὁ δὲ Ἡρωδιανὸς γνάθος, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ, γναθμός
Translation (En)
There is gnathos "jaw", from gnamptō "to bend", <perfect> gegnaptai, <verbal adjective> gnaptos, and gnathmos "jaw", as keklausai, klauthmos "tears". But Herodian says that gnathmos is derived from gnathos by addition of the [m]
Parallels
Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, gamma, p. 443 (idem); Etym. Symeonis, gamma 124 (Γναθμός· ἡ γνάθος· παρὰ γνάπτω γέγναπται γναπτός καὶ γναθμός, ὡς κέκλαυται κλαυθμός. Ἢ ἔστιν γνάθος πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ γναθμός)
Modern etymology
Derived from γνάθος (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from the passive perfect form, which has no nasal, and seeking support in the parallel of κλαυθμός derived from the passive perfect κέκλαυσαι. The jaw is the bent one