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Word-form

οὖθαρ

Transliteration (Word)

outhar

English translation (word)

udder

Transliteration (Etymon)

thēsai

English translation (etymon)

to suckle

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. *156

Edition

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

Source

[Etymologicum Genuinum AB]

Ref.

fr. *156

Ed.

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

Quotation

Oὖθαρ· ... ἀπὸ τοῦ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω ἢ θάλλω, <θὰρ, καὶ> κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τῆς ου συλλαβῆς γίνεται οὖθαρ.

Translation (En)

Outhar "udder": ...from *thō, "to feed" or "to sprout", are made <*thar, and> by adding the syllable [ou] outhar.

Other translation(s)

Outhar « sein » : ...à partir de *thō, « nourrir » ou « fleurir » sont faits <*thar et> par ajout de la syllabe [ou] outhar.

Comment

Derivational etymology. The lemma and the etymon only have one common phoneme, /th/, which was enough to derive the one from the other since οὖθαρ can mean "breast", and be synonymous with θηλή, which was correctly analyzed as a derivative of θῆσαι. Therefore the etymology of θηλή could be transferred to the partial synonym οὖθαρ

Parallels

Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 640 (Οὖθαρ ἀρούρης: Τὸ λιπαρώτατον καὶ κάρπιμον καὶ κάλλιστον τῆς γῆς. Οἶμαι ἀπὸ τοῦ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω ἢ θάλλω, γίνεται πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ο. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ θηλάζω, γίνεται θάρ· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τῆς ΟΥ συλλαβῆς, οὖθαρ· σημαίνει δὲ τὸν μαζόν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, omicron, p. 1484 (Οὔθατα. οἱ μαστοί. τὸ οὖθαρ, τοῦ οὔθατος. —οὖθαρ ἀρούρης. τὸ λιπαρώτατον καὶ κάρπιμον καὶ κάλλιστον τῆς γῆς. ἀπὸ τοῦ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ θάλλω κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τῆς ου συλλαβῆς γίνεται οὖθαρ)

Modern etymology

Isolated within Greek. Cognate with Lat. uber, Ved. ū́dhar, Engl. udder (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

Entry By

Eva Ferrer