ἁλίζω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἤλιθα
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ēlitha
English translation (word)
very much, exceedingly
Transliteration (Etymon)
halizō
English translation (etymon)
to gather
Source
idem
Ref.
A and bT Scholion Il. 11.677c
Ed.
H. Erbse, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (scholia vetera), vols. 1-5, 7, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1:1969; 2:1971; 3:1974; 4:1975; 5:1977; 7:1988
Quotation
ἤλιθα: λίαν ἠθροισμένην. καὶ ἠλίθιος ὁ παχὺς τὸν νοῦν A b (BCE3E4)T καὶ μὴ ἀκριβής. A b (BE3E4)T ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀλίσαι, ὅ ἐστιν ἀθροῖσαι. A b (BE3)T
Translation (En)
ēlitha "very much", "very much gathered". And ēlithios is the stupid and stolid man. Or from halisai, which means "to gather"
Parallels
Schol. Od. 19.443 Dindorf (ἤλιθα] γίνεται ἐκ τοῦ ἀλίζω, τὸ συναθροίζω. ἀθροίσεως ἐπίρρημα, σημαίνει τὸ ἀθρόως. τάττεται δὲ καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ματαίως. οἷον “ἐπέχραον ἤλιθα χερσίν” ἀντὶ τοῦ ματαίως)
Modern etymology
Belongs with ἠλεός ‘crazed’. Unknown εtymology (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. Instead of taking as its starting point the adverb ἅλις "in plenty", it takes the denominative verb ἁλίζω