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ἔνδιος

Transliteration (Word)

endios

English translation (word)

at noon

Transliteration (Etymon)

endeō

English translation (etymon)

to be wanting or lacking

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum, epsilon, p. 60

Ed.

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

Quotation

Ἔνδιος. ἡ μεσημβρία καὶ ὁ μεσημβρινός. ὁμοίως παρὰ τὸ ἰδίω τὸ ἰδρῶ· Ὅμηρος, ἴδιον, ὡς ἐνόησα. ἐνίδιος καὶ ἔνδιος. ἔνδιος δ’ ὁ γέρων. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐνδεῖν καὶ ἐλαττοῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν  [NB: Orion's main manuscript has τὰ ἡμέτερα. The correct reading τὴν ἡμέραν is that of the Gudianum]

Translation (En)

Endios "noon" and "at noon". Both come from idiō "to sweat". Homer, ‘idion, hōs enoēsa’. *Enidios and endios. ‘Endios d' ho herōn’ ("and at noon the old man…" Od. 4.450). Or from the fact that the day lacks (endein) and is lessened   [NB: Orion's main manuscript has τὰ ἡμέτερα. The correct reading τὴν ἡμέραν is that of the Gudianum]

Comment

Derivational etymology. Noon is the time at which the day starts to get shorter and is "lacking"

Parallels

Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 469 (Ἔνδιος· ὁ μεσημβρινός· παρὰ τὸ ἐνδεῖν καὶ ἐλαττοῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 339 (Ἔνδιος: Ἡ μεσημβρία, ἤγουν ὁ μεσημβρινὸς καιρός· παρὰ τὸ ἐνδεῖν καὶ ἐλαττοῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν.  Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἰδίω, τὸ ἱδρῶ, γέγονεν ἐνίδιος, καὶ ἔνδιος); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 408 (Ἔνδιος· ἡ μεσημβρία· ἤγουν μεσημβρινὸς καιρός· παρὰ τὸ ἐνδεῖν καὶ ἐλαττοῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἰδίω, τὸ ἱδρῶ, γέγονεν ἴδιος καὶ ἔνδιος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 716 (Ἔνδιος. ὁ μεσημβρινὸς καιρὸς παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ. παρὰ τὸ ἐνδεῖν καὶ ἐλαττοῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν. [ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἰδίω, τὸ ἱδρῶ, γέγονεν ἐνίδιος καὶ ἔνδιος.]); Schol. Od. 4.450b Pontani (ἔνδιος: μεσημβρινός· τότε γὰρ ἄρχεται λοιπὸν “ἐνδεῖν” ἡ ἕλη, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ ἀκτὶς τοῦ ἡλίου); ibid., 450c (ἔνδειος] κατὰ τὴν συνήθη ὥραν. μεσημβρινός, ἀπὸ τοῦ “ἐνδεῖν” καὶ ἐλλείπειν· αὔξεται γὰρ ἕως ἕκτης ὥρας, ἔκτοτε δὲ ἐλαττοῦται ἡ ἡμέρα)

Modern etymology

Compound meaning "in the day". The second member is the PIE name of the sky. Compare εὐδία "nice weather"

Persistence in Modern Greek

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