τίθημι

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Word-form

θημών

Transliteration (Word)

thēmōn

English translation (word)

heap

Transliteration (Etymon)

tithēmi

English translation (etymon)

to set

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. *103

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

Θημών· παρὰ τὸν θήσω μέλλοντα.

Translation (En)

Thēmōn "heap": from the future thēsō "I will set".

Other translation(s)

Thēmōn « tas » : du futur thēsō « je placerai ».

Comment

Derivational etymology, taking as its starting point the future, which is regular in Philoxenus' theory

Parallels

Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 451 (Θημών: Παρὰ τὸν θήσω μέλλοντα· δηλοῖ τὸ τιθῶ· σημαίνει δὲ τὸν σωρὸν τῶν δραγμάτων· καὶ θημωνία, σωρὸς καρπῶν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, theta, p. 1041 (Θημών. ὁ σωρὸς τῶν δραγμάτων. καὶ κλίνεται θημῶνος. παρὰ τὸν θήσω μέλλοντα)

Modern etymology

Derivative of τίθημι. PIE *dheh1- "to set, toplace" (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG has the derivative θημωνιά "haycock"

Entry By

Eva Ferrer