τίθημι
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
θημών
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
thēmōn
English translation (word)
heap
Transliteration (Etymon)
tithēmi
English translation (etymon)
to set
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 ».
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
Comment
Derivational etymology, taking as its starting point the future, which is regular in Philoxenus' theory