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ἀνθερεών

Transliteration (Word)

anthereōn

English translation (word)

chin

Transliteration (Etymon)

entithēmi

English translation (etymon)

to put in

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Etymologicum, alpha, p. 16

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

Ἀνθερεών, διὰ τὸ θορεῖν δι’ αὐτοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα· ἢ οἷον ἐνθερεών, ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἔνθεσιν τῆς τροφῆς κινεῖται καὶ ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἀνατρέχει. ὡς δὲ ἄλλοι, παρὰ τὴν ἄνθησιν τῶν τριχῶν

Translation (En)

Anthereōn "chin", because the breath rushes (thoreîn) through it. Or as though *enthereōn, because it moves when food is absorbed (enthesin) and it goes up when we swallow. But for others, it comes from the blooming (anthēsin) of the hair

Comment

Derivational etymology implying a change of the initial vowel from [e] to [a]. This etymology was designed for the meaning "throat" of ἀνθερεών, not the meaning "chin". The etymology is semantically awkward, for what refers to the throat, into which food is absorbed, is κινεῖται "it moves", and the "putting in" is not directly related to the throat but is a mere adverbial phrase

Parallels

Meletius, De natura hominis, p. 84 (ἐκλήθη οὖν ἀνθερεὼν διὰ τὸ θορεῖν τὸ πνεῦμα ἐκεῖθεν· ἢ οἷον ἀνθερεὼν, ὅτι ἐντίθεται τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ τροφὴ ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 886 (Ἀνθερεών Α 501· ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ γενείου τόπος· εἴρηται δὲ ἤτοι διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν θορεῖν τὸ πνεῦμα. ἢ ἐνθερεών τις ὤν, ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἔνθεσιν τῆς τροφῆς κινεῖται ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν. οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὴν ἄνθησιν τῶν τριχῶν· διὸ καὶ κατηγοροῦσι τοῦ Εὐφορίωνος εἰπόντος (fr. 92, 1 Powell = fr. 114, 1 Cuenca)· ‘τέκνον, μὴ σύ γε μητρὸς ὑπ’ ἀνθερεῶνος ἀμήσῃς’); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 146 (Ἀνθερεών· ὁ ὑπὸ τὸ γένειον τόπος, ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἔνθεσιν τῆς τροφῆς κινεῖται ὁ λάρυξ· ἐνθερεών τις ὤν, ⟦ὁ ὀρούων⟧ κατὰ τὴν ἔνθεσιν καὶ κατὰ πόσιν. ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἄνθησιν τῶν τριχῶν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 109 (Ἀνθερεών: Ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ γενείου τόπος· διὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτοῦ θορεῖν τὸ πνεῦμα. Ἢ ἐνθερεών τις ὢν, ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἔνθεσιν τῆς τροφῆς κινεῖται ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν. Οἱ δὲ, παρὰ τὴν ἄνθησιν τῶν τριχῶν· διὸ καὶ κατηγοροῦσι τοῦ Εὐφορίωνος εἰπόντος, «Τέκνον, μὴ σύ γε μητρὸς ὑπ’ ἀνθερεῶνος ἀμήσῃς». Λέγεται δὲ καὶ βοτάνη τις); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 173 (Ἀνθερεών. ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ γενείου τόπος. διὰ τὸ θορεῖν τὸ πνεῦμα δι’ αὐτοῦ, ἢ ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἔνθεσιν τῆς τροφῆς κινεῖται ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν· ἐνθερεὼν τὶς ὤν. οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὴν ἄνθησιν τῶν τριχῶν. [ὅθεν κατηγοροῦσι τοῦ Εὐφορίωνος εἰπόντος· ‘τέκνον μὴ σύ γε μητρὸς ὑπ’ ἀνθερεῶνος ἀμήσῃς’.])

Modern etymology

Traditionally related to ἀθήρ "awn, chaff" (Beekes, EDG), but the connection may be doubted

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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