θῆσαι

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Word-form

θάλλω

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

thallō

English translation (word)

to grow

Transliteration (Etymon)

thēsai

English translation (etymon)

to suckle

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. *98

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, theta, p. 73

Ed.

F.W. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig: Weigel, 1820 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1973): 1-172

Quotation

Θάλλω· τὸ αὔξω. παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ἀφ’ οὗ παράγωγον θάλλω· καὶ γὰρ τὸ τρεφόμενον αὔξει

Translation (En)

Thallō "to grow". From *thō, "to feed", is derived thallō; and that which is fed grows indeed.

Other translation(s)

Thallō « croître ». De *thō, « nourrir », est dérivé thallō ; et en effet ce qui est nourri, croît.

Comment

Derivational etymology relating θάλλω "to flourish, to thrive" from θῆσαι "to suckle". The implicit link between them are probably the -l- derivatives of "to suckle", θηλή, θῆλυς, which have the same initial sequence as the perfect τέθηλα of θάλλω. The idea that flourishing results from food is commonplace

Parallels

Philoxenus, fr. *458 (βάλλω· παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ βαίνω, γίνεται βάλλω, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ θῶ θάλλω καὶ ἰῶ ἰάλλω· οἱ γὰρ βάλλοντες διαβαίνουσιν); Etym. Genuinum, beta 22 (Βάλλω· παρὰ τὸ βῶ γίνεται βαίνω, ἀφ’ οὗ τὸ βάλλω, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ θῶ θάλλω καὶ ἰῶ ἰάλλω· οἱ γὰρ βάλλοντες διαβαίνουσι); Etym. Gudianum, theta, p. 253 (Θαλερὸς, νέος, παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι τοῦ θάλλειν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ θάλλω τὸ αὔξω, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θῶ τὸ τρέφω, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῆς ἀνθρώπων ζωῆς ἤγουν φύ σεως); ibid., theta, p. 254 (Θάλλω, βλαστάνω, [παρὰ τὸ θέειν ἄλλως]. ἢ παρὰ τὸ θῶ τὸ τρέφω, ἐξ αὐτοῦ παράγωγον θάλλω. καί ἐστιν ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσεως μεταφορά); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 186 (Βάλλω: Παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ βαίνω, γίνεται, ὡς θῶ θάλλω, καὶ ἰῶ ἰάλλω· οἱ γὰρ βάλλοντες διαβαίνουσι); ibid., Kallierges, p. 441 (Θαλερός: Ὁ ἐν ἀκμῇ ὢν τοῦ θάλλειν, ὁ ἀκμάζων, νέος· καὶ θαλερὸν δάκρυ, τὸ ἁπαλόν· καὶ θαλεροὶ, δίϋγροι, ἀκμαῖοι, νέοι· παρὰ τὸ θάλλω, τὸ αὔξω· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω· ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσεως); ibid., Kallierges, p. 441 (Θάλλω: Παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω, παράγωγον θάλλω· καὶ γὰρ τὸ τρεφόμενον αὔξει. Ἡ μεταφορὰ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσεως); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, theta, p. 1024 (Θάλλω. τὸ αὔξω. [παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω.])

Modern etymology

Θάλλω, θαλερός "flowering", θάλος "sprout", θαλύσια etc. have cognates only in Armenian and Albanian. PIE root *dheh2l-? (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

Yes, as a learned word

Entry By

Eva Ferrer
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