κεντέω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
κοντός
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kontos
English translation (word)
pole
Transliteration (Etymon)
kenteō
English translation (etymon)
to prick, to sting
Century
1 BC
Reference
fr. 523*
Edition
C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976
Source
Orion
Ref.
Etymologicum, kappa, p. 86
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
(Theodoridis) Κοντὸς, παρὰ τὸ κεντῶ ῥῆμα, κοντός· ὡς τρέφω τροφὸς καὶ πέμπω πομπός
Translation (En)
Kontos "pole", from the verb kenteō "to prick", kontos, as trephō "to feed", trophos "nurse", and pempō "to send", pompos "envoy"
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 529 (idem); Orion, Etymologicum, kappa, p. 86 (Κοντὸς, παρὰ τὸ κεντῶ ῥῆμα, κοντός· ὡς τρέφω τροφός); Etym. Gudianumm kappa, p. 337 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, kappa, p. 1232 (Κοντός. παρὰ τὸ κέντω κοντὸς, ὡς τρέφω τροφός)
Modern etymology
Κοντός is the agent noun corresponding to κεντέω, κέντρον. From *kent- "to sting" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG has the derivative κοντάρι "pole", with κοντός still being used for pole vault (άλμα επί κοντώ)
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, correct by modern standards