γνάμπτω

Word

Validation

No

Last modification

Sun, 11/03/2024 - 13:30

Word-form

γόμφος

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

gomphos

English translation (word)

peg, nail

Transliteration (Etymon)

gnamptō

English translation (etymon)

to curve

Author

Scholia in Oppianum

Source

idem

Ref.

Scholia et glossae in Halieutica 2.381

Ed.

U.C. Bussemaker, Scholia et paraphrases in Nicandrum et Oppianum in Scholia in Theocritum (ed. F. Dübner), Paris: Didot, 1849

Quotation

γίνεται οὖν παρὰ τὸ κάμπτω γνάμπτω γόμφος.

Translation (En)

So, from kamptō "to curve" comes gnamptō "to curve", and gomphos "peg"

Comment

Derivational etymology, usually found for γόμφιος (see γόμφιος / γνάμπτω), while γόμφος is etymologized differently (see γόμφος / κόπτω). The scholiast transferred to γόμφος the etymology of γόμφιος

Modern etymology

PIE *g̑ombho- "cutting tooth", cognate with Skr. jámbha-, OCS zǫbъ, Latv. zùobs, Toch. B keme (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG still has γόμφος as a learned word

Entry By

Le Feuvre
View PDF