εἰμί

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Word-form

ὠμόν

Transliteration (Word)

ōmos

English translation (word)

raw

Transliteration (Etymon)

eimi

English translation (etymon)

to be

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. 214

Edition

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

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, omega, p. 169

Ed.

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

Quotation

Ὠμόν· ... ἢ ὡς Φιλόξενος ὠμὸν εἰρῆσθαί φησι τὸ ἐν ταυτότητι μένον· παρὰ τὸ , τὸ ὑπάρχω, οἷον τὸ ἐν ταυτότητι μένον καὶ μὴ μεταβληθέν.

Translation (En)

Ōmon "raw" : ...or, as Philoxenus says, is called ōmos that which is steady in its identity ; from *ō, "to be", as that which is steady in its identity and has not changed.

Other translation(s)

Ōmon « cru » : ...ou bien, comme dit Philoxène, on appelle ōmos ce qui demeure stable dans son identité; de *ō, « être », comme ce qui reste stable dans son identité et n’a pas changé.

Comment

Derivational etymology. The etymon is the (ghost) thematic counterpart of εἰμί. What is raw was not altered by any process, and is therefore in its natural state of being.

Parallels

Etym. Gudianum, omega, p. 578 (Ὠμὸν, τὸ μὴ μεταβολὴν εἰληφὸς εἰς πέμψιν, ὡς καὶ τὴν ἔξω τροφὴν ὠμὴν λέγουσι τὴν οὐτ’ ὠπτημένην, οὐτ’ ἐψημένην. ἢ ὡς Φιλόξενος, τὸ ὠμὸν εἰρῆσθαι, φησὶ, τὸ ἐν ταυτότητι μένον, ἤγουν ὑπάρχον, παρὰ τὸ ὦ τὸ ὑπάρχω, καὶ μὴ μεταβληθέν); Eustathius, Comm. Il. vol. 1, p. 62 (Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ ἔω ὦ, τὸ ὑπάρχω, ὀξυτόνως μὲν κατὰ πρόσληψιν συλλαβῆς ὠμὸς καρπὸς ὁ μὴ μεταβληθεὶς εἰς πέψιν καὶ ὠμὴ τροφὴ ἡ μὴ ἑψηθεῖσα καὶ ὠμὸς ἄνθρωπος ὁ σκληρός); Eustathius, Comm. Od. vol. 1, p. 350 (Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι τε ὡς ἐκ τοῦ ψῶ καὶ βλῶ ψωμὸς καὶ βλωμὸς, οὕτω καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὦ τὸ ὑπάρχω ὠμὸς καὶ ὦμος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 822 (Ὠμόν: Τὸ μὴ μεταβολὴν εἰληφὸς εἰς πέψιν· ὡς καὶ τὴν ἔξω τροφὴν, ὠμὴν λέγουσιν, οὔτε ἠψημένην, οὔτε ὠπτημένην. Ἢ, ὡς Φιλόξενος, ὠμὸν τὸ ἐν ταυτότητι μένον καὶ ὑπάρχον, καὶ μὴ μεταβληθέν· παρὰ τὸ ὦ, τὸ ὑπάρχω); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, omega, p. 1887 (Ὠμόν. ἀπηνὲς, σκληρὸν, χαλεπόν. ἢ ὠμὸν τὸ μὴ εἰς πέψιν ἐλθὸν, ὡς καὶ τὴν ἔξω τροφὴν ὠμὴν λέγομεν, οὔτε ἑψημένην οὔτε ὀπτημένην. παρὰ τὸ ὦ, τὸ ὑπάρχω, οἱονεὶ ἐν ταυτότητι ὑπάρχον καὶ μὴ μεταβληθέν)

Modern etymology

Cognate with Ved. āmá- "raw", Arm. hum "idem". Probably *h3eH-mo- (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

Yes

Entry By

Eva Ferrer