ῥέπω

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Word-form

ῥώψ

Transliteration (Word)

rhōps

English translation (word)

shrub, bush

Transliteration (Etymon)

rhepō

English translation (etymon)

to incline

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

Fr. 589*

Edition

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

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, rho, p. 139

Ed.

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

Quotation

ῥώψ· βοτάνη ἁπαλή. παρὰ τὸ ῥέπω ῥέψω ῥὲψ καὶ ῥὸψ καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ο εἰς ω ῥώψ, ὡς βλέπω βλέψω βλὲψ καὶ βλώψ, ἐξ οὗ τὸ „παραβλῶπες“

Translation (En)

Rhōps "bush", soft plant. From rhepō "to incline", <future> rhepsō and *rhops, and by change of /o/ to /ō/, rhōps, as blepō "to see", <future> blepsō, and *bleps, and *blōps, from which comes the word parablōpes "squint-eyed" (Il. 9.503)

Comment

Derivational descriptive etymology. The bush consists of plants with soft stems, not hard wood like a tree. Therefore, it "inclines" with the wind

Parallels

Orion, Etymologicum, rho, p. 139 (Ῥώψ. βοτάνη ἁπαλή. παρὰ τὸ ῥέπω, ῥέψω, ῥὲψ, καὶ ῥὸψ, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ο εἰς ω, ῥώψ); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 459 (ἔστι γὰρ ὥσπερ βλέπω βλέψω βλέψ, καὶ βλὼψ κατὰ ἔκτασιν, ἐξ οὗ ὁ παραβλώψ, οὕτω καὶ ῥέπω ῥέψω ῥώψ, ἐξ οὗ τὰ ῥωπήϊα); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 1, p. 213 (ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ ὥσπερ παρὰ τὸ ῥέπω ῥωπήϊον καὶ ῥῶπες, οὕτω καὶ παρὰ τὸ ῥέπω ῥίπτω, ἡ ῥίψ); ibid., vol. 2, p. 60 (Ῥῶπες δὲ καὶ νῦν ἱμαντώδη φυτὰ παρὰ τὸ ῥέπω, καθὰ καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ δηλοῦται σαφῶς); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 705-6 (Ῥῶπες: Ὕλη καὶ ὑλώδη φυτά. Καὶ ῥωπογράφους, τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα ὑπογράφοντας. Καὶ τὸν  κοῦφον φόρτον ῥῶπον λέγουσιν. Ὅθεν καὶ ῥώπια, τὰ οὐ στερέμνια· καὶ ῥωπήϊα, δρυμοὶ, φρύγανα, ἱμαντώδη φυτά. Ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥέπω ῥέψω· τροπῇ, ῥόψ· καὶ αὐξήσει, ῥὼψ, ὡς βλώψ· καὶ ῥῶπος, ὁ παντοδαπὸς φόρτος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, rho, p. 1624 (Ῥωποπώλης. ὁ μυρεψός. ῥῶπες γὰρ ὕλη καὶ ὑλώδη φυτά· ἢ θάμνος καὶ σύμφυτος τόπος· ἢ μίγματα καὶ χρώματα, ὅσα ζωγράφοις καὶ βαφεῦσι καὶ μυρεψοῖς χρησιμεύουσι. ἢ ῥώψ ἐστι βοτάνη ἁπαλή. [παρὰ τὸ ῥέψω, ῥὲψ, καὶ τρο-πῇ τοῦ ε εἰς ω ῥώψ. ὡς βλέπω, βλέψω, βλὲψ καὶ βλώψ· καὶ τὸ παραβλῶπες —]ῥῶπας δ’ ὑπέχευε δασείας}. καὶ ῥωπογράφους, τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα διαγράφοντας.]); Geneva Schol. Il. 13.199 ( [ῥωπήϊα] τόποι ἐν οἷς ῥῶπες φύονται. ῥῶπες δέ εἰσιν ὑλώδη φυτὰ, δρυμοὶ, φρύγανα. ἔστι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥέπω, ῥέψω, ῥόψ, καὶ αὐξήσει ῥώψ); Schol. Od. 14.49 Dindorf (ῥῶπας] παρὰ τὸ ῥέπω ῥέψω ῥέψ καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς ω ῥώψ. ῥέπει ὅπου θέλει τις· ἱμαντῶδες γάρ ἐστι)

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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