γλαμυρός

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Word-form

γλήνη

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

glēnē

English translation (word)

eyeball, pupil

Transliteration (Etymon)

glamuros

English translation (etymon)

blear-eyed

Author

Scholia in Homerum

Source

idem

Ref.

D Schol. Il. 24.192

Ed.

H. van Thiel, Scholia D in Iliadem. Proecdosis aucta et correctior. Köln 2014

Quotation

γλήνη δὲ παρὰ τὸ γλαμυρὸν ἤτοι δίϋγρον

Translation (En)

Glēnē "eyeball" comes from glamuros "blear-eyed", that is, watery

Comment

Derivational etymology relying on the shared initial cluster /gl/ and the fact that both words refer to the eye

Parallels

bT Schol. Il. 24.192 (idem); Geneva Schol. Il. 24.192 (γλήνη δὲ παρὰ τὸ γλαμυρόν)

Modern etymology

Probably belongs with γαλήνη, with a primary meaning "brightness, shining", and with the root of γελάω "to laugh" (*gelh2-) (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

Νο

Entry By

Le Feuvre
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