γλαύσσω
Word
Validation
Word-form
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
English translation (word)
Transliteration (Etymon)
English translation (etymon)
Century
Source
Ref.
Ed.
Quotation
Γλήνη, ἡ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν κόρα. παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτῶν τὸν νοῦν γαληνιᾶσθαι τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τῶν ὁρατῶν. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ γλαύσειν, ὃ ἐστὶ λάμπειν.
Translation (En)
Glēnē, the "pupil" of the eyes. From the fact that the mind becomes calm (galēniasthai) thanks to them because of the variety of the visible world. Or from glaussein, which means "to shine"
Parallels
Meletius, De natura hominis, p. 68 (γλήνη δὲ, παρὰ τὸ τὸν νοῦν γαληνοῦσθαι· τῆς γὰρ διαθέσεως τοῦ νοῦ δεικτικοὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ λεύσσειν [for γλαύσσειν], ὅ ἐστι λάμπειν); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, gamma, p. 312 (Γλαύσσω· λάμπω· ἐξ οὗ καὶ γλήνη, ἡ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν κόρη, παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτῶν γαληνεύεσθαι τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τῶν ὁρατῶν τὴν αἴγλην. γλήνη δέ ἐστι φάος. γλήνη λέγεται καὶ κόρη παρθένος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 233 (Γλήνη: Ἡ κόρη τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ, γαλήνη τις οὖσα· καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν, γλήνη· παρὰ τὸ γαληνιοῦσθαι τὸν νοῦν δι’ αὐτῆς τῇ τῶν ὁρατῶν ποικιλίᾳ. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν αἴγλην, αἰγλήνη· καὶ ἀποβολῇ τῆς ΑΙ συλλαβῆς. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ γλαύσσειν, ὅ ἐστι λάμπειν· εἰσὶ γὰρ ἔμπυροι); Etym. Symeonis, gamma 112 (Γλήνη· ἡ κόρη τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ· οἱονεὶ χαλήνη τις οὖσα καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν γλήνη. Παρὰ τὸ γαλανιοῦσθαι τὸν νοῦν δι’ αὐτῆς τῇ τῶν ὁρατῶν ποικιλίᾳ εἴρηται γλήνη· ἢ παρὰ τὴν αἴγλην αἰγλήνη καὶ ἀποβολῇ τῆς αι διφθόγγου γλήνη. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ γλαύσειν, ὅ ἐστι βλάπτειν, εἰσὶ γὰρ ἔμπυροι)
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology: the pupil is the "shining" part of the eye, the part that reflects the object. From the phonetic point of view, it relies on the identical cluster /gl/, and the following phonemes all have to undergo formal changes.