ἐν + Ζεύς
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἔνδιοι
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
endios
English translation (word)
at noon
Transliteration (Etymon)
en + Zeus
English translation (etymon)
in + Zeus
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 314
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, Leiden, 1971-1987
Quotation
Τινὲς δὲ τὸ ἔνδιοι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἱδροῦντες, ὡς οἷον ἐνίδιοι, παρὰ τὸ ἶδος καὶ τὸ ἰδίειν, καὶ ἐν συγκοπῇ ἔνδιοι. ἴσως δὲ καὶ παρὰ τὸν ὑγρὸν Δία, ὅ ἐστιν ἀέρα. ὅθεν καὶ τὸ διαίνειν καὶ τὸ «διέμενος» δὲ παρὰ τῷ Κωμικῷ.
Translation (En)
Some say that endioi "at noon" is equivalent to "sweating", as though they were *enidioi, from idos "sweat and idιein "to sweat", and by syncope endioi. However, maybe it is from the damp Zeus, that is, the air, from which come diainein "to soak" and diemenos in Aristophanes
Parallels
There is no parallel
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
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, formally exact by modern criteria, since the name of Zeus is the inherited name of the sky. The semantic explanation requires that Zeus be taken as a synonym of "air": the air is damp. Thus, this etymology is an alternative to the one by "sweat": the dampening is not caused by "sweat" but by the surrounding air