γαῖα
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
γαίειν
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
gaiō
English translation (word)
to exult
Transliteration (Etymon)
gaia
English translation (etymon)
earth
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Genuinum, beta 200
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 2, Athens: Parnassos Literary Society, 1992
Quotation
βουγάϊος […] ἢ παρὰ τὸ γαίειν, τὸ γαυριᾶν, ὅπερ καὶ αὐτὸ παρὰ τὴν γαῖαν γέγονεν
Translation (En)
Bougaios "braggart" […] or from gaiein "to exult", which itself comes from gaia "earth"
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 207 (idem); ibid., p. 222 (Γαίω, τὸ γαυριῶ· παρὰ τὸ γαῖα· μεγάλη γὰρ ἡ γῆ)
Modern etymology
Older *γαϝyω, belongs with γάνυμαι "to rejoice", γαῦρος "exulting in" and more remotely γηθέω "to rejoice". PIE *geh2u- (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, provided without any semantic justification in the Etym. Genuinum, but with an explanation in the Etym. Magnum "because the earth is large". Therefore γαίω "to exult" is assumed to mean "to be proud of" or "to be powerful or great"