νῦν + φιλέω
Word
Validation
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Word-form
νυμφίος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
numphios
English translation (word)
bridegroom
Transliteration (Etymon)
nun + phileō
English translation (etymon)
now + to love, to kiss
Century
7-8 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Viae dux 2.8
Ed.
K.-H. Uthemann, Anastasius Sinaïtae viae dux [Corpus Christianorum. Series Graeca 8. Turnhout: Brepols, 1981]
Quotation
Νυμφίος ὁ νῦν φιλῶν νύμφην
Translation (En)
Numphios "bridegroom": he who now (nun) loves/kisses (philei) the bride
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, nu, p. 412 (Νυμφίος, παρὰ τὸ νῦν ἠμφιᾶσθαι καλῶς· ἢ νῦν φιλῶν νύμφην); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 608 (Νυμφίος: Ὁ γαμετῆς τυχών· παρὰ τὸ νῦν ἠμφιᾶσθαι καλῶς. Ἢ νυμφίος, ὁ νῦν φιλῶν τὴν νύμφην. Νύμφιος δὲ, ὁ νυμφικὸς οἶκος)
Modern etymology
Derivative of νύμφη
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has νυμφίος, as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, referring to the ritual of the wedding ceremony in which the couple kisses. The interesting element is that the object of the verb φιλέω, assumed as the etymon of the second member, is νύμφη, which is not the etymon in this etymology, but is nevertheless reintroduced, at least semantically, if not formally