εὖ + νέω

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Word-form

εὐνή

Transliteration (Word)

eunē

English translation (word)

bed, bedding

Transliteration (Etymon)

eu + neō

English translation (etymon)

well + to heap

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum, epsilon, p. 51

Ed.

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

Quotation

Εὐνή. παρὰ τὸ εὖ νενῆσθαι, ὃ ἐστὶ σεσωρεῦσθαι ταῖς στρωμναῖς. 

Translation (En)

Eunē "bedding", from "to be well piled up (eu nenēsthai), that is, heaped on the bed frame

Comment

Compositional etymology. The first syllable is identified as the adverb εὖ "well", and the second one is related to a rare verb meaning "to heap", This etymology is valid for the meaning "bedding", which consists of pieces of cloth that cover the bed

Parallels

Etym. Genuinum (εὐνή· ἡ κοίτη. παρὰ τὸ εὕδω ... ἢ παρὰ τὸ νῶ τὸ σωρεύω ... τρία δὲ σημαίνει ἡ λέξις παρὰ τῷ Ποιητῇ, τὴν κοίτην, ὡς ὅταν λέγῃ „εὐνῇ ἐν μαλακῇ“ (χ 196), τὴν ἄγκυραν, ὡς ἐν τῷ „εὐνὰς δ’ ἔβαλον“ (Α 436), καὶ τὴν διατριβήν· „ὅθι φασὶ θεάων ἔμμεναι εὐνάς“ (Ω 615). (ἐπι)ζαφελῶς Ι 516. ζ 330 [according to Neitzel, comes from Apion]); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 559 (Φωτίου Εὐνή· ... παρὰ τὸ εὖ νενῆσθαι, ὅ ἐστι σεσωρεῦσθαι ταῖς στρωμναῖς ... ἔργον εἴχοντο); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 393 (Εὐνή: Ἡ κοίτη. Παρὰ τὸ εὕδω εὐδίνη· καὶ συγκοπῇ, εὐνὴ, ἐφ’ ᾗ καθεύδομεν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ νῶ, τὸ σωρεύω, καὶ τὸ εὖ, γίνεται εὐνὴ, οἱονεὶ τὰ καλῶς νενησμένα καὶ σεσωρευμένα στρώματα, παρὰ τὸ εὖ σεσωρεῦσθαι ταῦτα ἐν τῇ κοίτῃ); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 946 (Εὐνή· ἡ κοίτη· παρὰ τὸ εὕδω εὐδίνη· καὶ ἐν συγκοπῇ εὐνή, ἐφ’ ᾗ καθεύδουσιν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ νῶ, τὸ σωρεύω, οἱονεὶ τὰ καλῶς νενησμένα καὶ σεσωρευμένα στρώματα ἐν τῇ κοίτῃ. Τρία δὲ σημαίνει ἡ λέξις τὴν κοίτην τὴν ἄγκυραν οἷον· ἐκ δ’ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον· γίνεται παρὰ τὸ εὐνάζειν καὶ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ποιεῖν τὴν ναῦν· καὶ εὐναῖος, καὶ τὴν διατριβήν, ὡς τό· ὅθι φασὶ Τυφωέως ἔμμεναι εὐνάς); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 909 (Εὐνὴ καὶ εὐνάς. ἡ ἄγκυρα. οἷον· —‘εὐνάς τ’ ἐβάλλοντο’. καί· ‘ἔκ τ’ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον’—. παρὰ τὸ εὐνάζειν καὶ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ποιεῖν τὴν ναῦν, ὅπερ ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ εὐνῇ ἤγουν τῇ κοίτῃ συμβαίνει. εὐνὴ γὰρ ἡ κοίτη. παρὰ τὸ εὕδω εὐθίνη καὶ ἐν συγκοπῇ εὐνὴ, ἐφ’ ᾗ καθεύδουσιν.[ἢ παρὰ τὸ νῶ, τὸ σωρεύω, καὶ τὸ εὖ γίνεται εὐνὴ, οἱονεὶ τὰ καλῶς νενησμένα καὶ σεσωρευμένα στρώματα ἐν τῇ κοίτῃ.‘εὐνῇ ἐνὶ μαλακῇ’— σημαίνει καὶ τὴν διατριβήν. ‘ὅθι φασὶ Τυφωέως ἔμμεναι εὐνάς’.])

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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