ὅρος + γυῖον
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ὀργυιά
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
orguia
English translation (word)
length of the stretched arms
Transliteration (Etymon)
horos + guion
English translation (etymon)
boundary + limb
Century
11 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologica hominum 229
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
ὅρος δὲ γυίων ὀργυιὰ τεταμένων
Translation (En)
The limit (horos) of the stretched limbs (guiōn) is called orguia
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Probably related within Greek with ὀρέγω, reflecting a zero grade *h3rg- (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, replacing the notion of process in the etymology ὀργυιά / ὀρέγω + γυῖον "to stretch the limbs" by the notion of dimension, here "boundary, limit". The etymology was designed at a time when the initial aspiration was lost