πυθμήν
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Quotation
Πύματος. ἔλλειψις τοῦ θ. παρὰ τὸ πυθμήν. ὁ πυθμὴν οὖν, πύθματος, καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ θ, πύματος.
Translation (En)
Pumatos ("hindmost"): omission of the thēta. Form puthmēn ("bottom"). So puthmēn, *puthmatos and, with dropping of thēta, pumatos.
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum, pi, p. 128 (Πύματος. πύθματός τις ἐστι, παρὰ τὸν πυθμένα); Etym. Gudianum, pi, p. 487, 30 (Πύματον, ἔσχατον, παρὰ τὸ πυθμὴν· καὶ αὐτὸ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἐσχάτῳ μέρει τοῦ ἀγγείου ἔστι· καὶ εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον); Etym. Gudianum, pi, p. 487, 42 (Πύματα, ἐλλείψει τοῦ θ, παρὰ τὸ πυθμὴν, ὄνομα, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἀγγείων, ὁ γὰρ πυθμὴν ἔσχατος, εἰ καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχει· πυθμὴν οὖν πύθματα, καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ θ πύματα); Etym. magnum, p.696, 53 (Πύματος: Ἔλλειψις τοῦ θ· παρὰ τὸ πυθμὴν ὄνομα· ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἀγγείων· ὁ γὰρ πυθμὴν, ἔσχατος, εἰ καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχει. Πύθματος οὖν· καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ θ, πύματος. Σημαίνει δὲ τὸ ἔσχατον); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, p.1597, 16 (Πύματον. ἔσχατον. παρὰ τὸ πυθμὴν ὀνομάζεται ἐλλείψει τοῦ θ, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἀγγείων· ὁ γὰρ πυθμὴν ἔσχατος, εἰ καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχει. πύθματος, καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ θ πύματος καὶ πύματον. [καὶ πυμάτιον])
Comment
Derivational etymology implying one formal change, the loss of a consonant. The lemma and the etymon share the feature [+low]. The etymology is consistent with the fact that adjectives are mostly derived from nouns in Greek theory.