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ἐσθής

Transliteration (Word)

esthēs

English translation (word)

garment

Transliteration (Etymon)

hennumi

English translation (etymon)

to dress

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. 489*

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, epsilon, p. 60

Ed.

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

Quotation

ἐσθής· παρὰ τὸν ἕσω μέλλοντα <***†> ἀμφιέσω, ὄνομα ῥηματικὸν <ἑστός>, παρώνυμον ἑστής, καὶ μεταθέσει τοῦ τ εἰς θ ἐσθής, ὡς παρὰ τὸ ἀργὸς ἀργής· „ἀργῆτι κεραυνῷ“ (ε 128).

Translation (En)

esthēs "garment": from the future hesō "I will dress", verbal noun <hestos>, derivative *hestēs and by change of /t/ to /th/, esthēs, as from argos "white" argēs, ‘argēti keraunōi’ (Od. 5.128) "with his white thunderbolt"

Comment

Correct derivational etymology

Parallels

Herodian, Schematismi homerici 46 (Ἕσσατο (ἔσσατο cod.)· ἕω ἕσω, ὅθεν τὸ ἕσμα καὶ τὸ ἀμφίεσμα καὶ ἔσθος καὶ ἐσθής, τραπέντος τοῦ πνεύματος διὰ τὸ θ. ὁ μέσος ἀόριστος ἑσάμην· ἕσσατο ποιητικῶς διὰ τὸ μέτρον); Orion, Etymologicum, epsilon, p. 64 (Εἷμα. ἕω ἕσω καὶ εἷμα· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕω ἕσω ἑσὴς καὶ ἐσθής); Epimerismi homerici Il. 1.149c1 (ἐπιειμένε: παρακειμένου μετοχῆς παρὰ τὸ ἕω, τὸ ἐνδύω, ὁ μέλλων ἕσω, ὅθεν ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα ἑστής καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ ἑσθής); ibid., 149c2 (ἐπιειμένε: μετοχὴ πτώσεως κλητικῆς· τὸ θέμα ἕω, ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα ἑτής, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ σ ἑστής, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ ἑσθής); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 503 (idem); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, epsilon 171 (παρὰ τὸ ἕω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ ἑανός, ὡς πείθω πιθανός, ἄγω ἀγανός· ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ εἷμα καὶ ἑσθής καὶ παράγωγον ἐννύω); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 535 (Ἐσθής· ... ἔστι ἕω καὶ σημαίνει τὸ ἐνδύομαι, ὁ μέλλων ἕσω, ὁ παρακείμενος εἷκα, ὁ παθητικὸς εἷσμαι, τὸ τρίτον εἷσται, ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἑστής καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ ἐσθής ἐσθῆτος. τὸ δὲ ἔσθησις ἐσθήσεως σημαίνει καὶ αὐτὸ τὴν ἐσθῆτα); ibid., p. 535 (Ἐσθής· παρὰ τὸν ἕσω μέλλοντα ἑστής καὶ ἐσθής, διὸ καὶ ἀμφιέσω); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 419 (Εἷμα· παρὰ τὸ ⟦ἕω⟧ ῥῆμα, τὸ ⟦ἐνδύομαι, οὗ⟧ ὁ μέλλων ⟦ἕσω καὶ ἐσής καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ θ ἐσθής, τὸ ἱμάτιον⟧); ibid., p. 536 (Ἔσθος· τὸ ἱμάτιον· παρὰ τὸν ἕσω μέλλοντα. παρὰ δὲ τὸ ἔσθος ἐσθής); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 382 (Ἐσθής: Τὸ ἱμάτιον. Παρὰ τὸ ἕω, τὸ ἐνδύομαι, ὁ μέλλων, ἕσω· ὁ παρακείμενος, εἷκα· ὁ παθητικὸς, εἷσμαι· τὸ τρίτον, εἷσται· ὄνομα ἑστός· καὶ ὡς παρὰ τὸ ἀργὸς γίνεται ἀργὴς ἀργῆτος· καὶ παρὰ τὸ γυμνὸς, γυμνὴς γυμνῆτος· καὶ παρὰ τὸ ποτὸς, ποτὴς ποτῆτος· οὕτως καὶ παρὰ τὸ ἑστὸς, ἑστὴς, καὶ ἐσθής)

Modern etymology

Derivative of *wes- "to dress", cognate with Lat. vestis etc. (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG still has εσθήτα "garment" as a learned word

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