νέω3

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Word-form

νηδύς

Transliteration (Word)

nēdus

English translation (word)

womb

Transliteration (Etymon)

neō3

English translation (etymon)

to heap, to pile up

Author

Soranus of Ephesus?

Century

1-2 AD

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, nu, p. 107

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

Νηδύς. ἀπὸ τοῦ διανενῆσθαι τὰ τῆς τροφῆς, ὅ ἐστι σεσωρεῦσθαι καὶ πεπληρῶσθαι· ἢ ὅτι ἐπάρδευσις τῷ σώματι τῆς τροφῆς ἀπὸ ταύτης γίνεται. νάειν γὰρ ἐστὶ τὸ ῥεῖν.

Translation (En)

Nēdus "womb": from the fact that it is heaped (dianenēsthai) with everything pertaining to the embryo, that is, stuffed and filled. Or because from it comes the watering of the body of the embryo, for naein means "to flow"

Comment

Derivational etymology, relying on the passive use of νεω3 "to be stuffed". The womb is filled with everything necessary to the development of the embryo (placenta, umbilical cord, amnion) The etymology, not explicitly attributed to any author by Orion, may go back to Soranus of Ephesus, one of Orion's sources.

Parallels

Meletius, De natura hominis, p. 8 (νηδὺς μὲν, ὅτι μεθ’ ἡδύτητος ἐνεργεῖ· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ νενῆσθαι, ὅ ἐστι σεσωρεῦσθαι, καὶ πεπληρῶσθαι τραχύτητος); Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 1 (νηδύς, ὅτι μεθ’ ἡδύτητος ἐνεργεῖ· ἢ ἐκ τοῦ διανεν[εμ]ῆσθαι, ὅ ἐστι σεσωρεῦσθαι καὶ πεπληρῶσθαι); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, nu 40 (νήσαντες (e. g., Eur. H. F. 243 vel Ar. Lys. 269): σωρεύσαντες· νῶ γὰρ τὸ σωρεύω, οὗ ὁ μέλλων νήσω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ νηδύς, ἡ γαστήρ, παρὰ τὸ σεσωρεῦσθαι καὶ πεπληρῶσθαι εἰς αὐτὴν τὰ βρώματα); ibid., nu 1 (τὸ ⸤νηδύς παρὰ τὸ⸥ νῶ, τὸ σωρεύω. […] τὴν βαθεῖαν γὰρ σημαίνει τὸ νηδύς· παρ⸤ὰ⸥ γὰρ τὸ σεσωρεῦσθαι ἐν αὐτῇ τὰ βρώματα); Etym. Gudianum, nu, p.  407 (idem); Suda, nu 527 (Νῶ: ῥῆμα. οὗ αἱ κινήσεις χρησταί. νῶ, τὸ σωρεύω· ἐξ οὗ νῆσαι, τὸ σωρεῦσαι. καὶ νηδύς, εἰς ἣν αἱ τροφαὶ σωρεύονται); Etym. Gudianum, nu, p. 407 (Νηδὺς, ἡ γαστὴρ, παρὰ τὸ νάειν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ νῶ τὸ σωρεύω· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ νάω τὸ ῥέω, διὰ τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ σεσωρεῦσθαι τὸ ἔμβρυον. | Νηδὺς, ἡ γαστὴρ, ἀπὸ τοῦ διανενῆσθαι τὰ τῆς τροφῆς, ὃ ἔστιν σεσωρεῦσθαι καὶ πεπληρῶσθαι· ἢ ὅτι ἐπάρδευσις τοῦ σώματος τῆς τροφῆς· ἀπὸ γὰρ τούτου γίνεται· νάειν γὰρ τὸ ῥεῖν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 603 (Νηδύς: Ἡ γαστήρ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ νῶ νήσω, τὸ σωρεύω, νηδὺς, εἰς ἣν σωρεύονται αἱ τροφαί. Ἢ οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ διανενῆσθαι τὰ τῆς τροφῆς ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅ ἐστι σεσωρεῦσθαι τὰ βρώματα· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ νάειν, ὅ ἐστι ῥεῖν· ἡ γὰρ ἐπάρδευσις τῷ σώματι τῆς τροφῆς ἀπὸ ταύτης γίνεται); ibid., p. 604-605 (Νήσαντες: Σωρεύσαντες· ἐκ τοῦ νῶ νήσω, τὸ σωρεύω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ νηδύς); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, nu, p. 1398 (Νηδύς. ἡ γαστήρ. ἀπὸ τοῦ διανενῆσθαι, ὅ ἐστι σεσωρεῦσθαι καὶ πεπληρῶσθαι); Scholia in Oppianum, Hal. 2.216 (νηήσεται· σωρευθῇ, συναχθῇ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῶ νήσω τὸ σωρεύω, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ νηδὺς ἡ γαστήρ); Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν,nu 2 (νήσαντες (Agath. 1,10,6): σωρεύσαντες· ἐκ τοῦ νῶ, τὸ σωρεύω, ὁ μέλλων νήσω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ νηδύς, ἡ γαστήρ, παρὰ τὸ νενῆσθαι καὶ σεσωρεῦσθαι καὶ πεπληρῶσθαι εἰς αὐτὴν τὰ βρώματα)

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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