νέω3 + ἡδύς
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
νηδύς
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
nēdus
English translation (word)
womb
Transliteration (Etymon)
neō + hēdus
English translation (etymon)
to heap, to pile up + sweet
Source
idem
Ref.
Scholia in Oppianum, Hal. 2.580
Ed.
U.C. Bussemaker, Scholia et paraphrases in Nicandrum et Oppianum in Scholia in Theocritum (ed. F. Dübner), Paris: Didot, 1849
Quotation
νηδὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ νῶ τὸ σωρεύω καὶ τὸ ἡδὺ, ἐν ᾗ σωρεύεται πᾶσα ἡδύτης
Translation (En)
Nēdus "womb" comes from nô "to heap" and hēdu "sweet", the one where all the sweetness is piled up
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology in which the first member of the compound is reduced to the initial consonant. Here "sweet" is assumed to be a loose equivalent for "useful"