ἀνθηρός + ὄψ
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
ἄνθρωπος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
anthrōpos
English translation (word)
man, human
Transliteration (Etymon)
anthēros + ops
English translation (etymon)
blooming + voice
Century
12 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 109
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 1, Rome: Ateneo, 1976
Quotation
ἄνθρωπος […] Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀνθηρὰν ὄπα ἔχειν
Translation (En)
"man" (anthrōpos) […] or from the fact that he has a "blooming" (anthēros) "voice" (ops)
Parallels
No parallels
Modern etymology
Mycenaean a-to-ro-qo shows that the word has as its second element ops "sight, aspect" and not ops "voice". The identification of the first element of the compound remains debated. Beekes (EDG) thinks it is Pre-Greek
Persistence in Modern Greek
The word is still used in MG with the meaning ‘man’, primarily denoting the superior rank of mammals, having as attributes the standing position, reason and articulated language, by distinguishing mankind from other animals (Triandafyllidis, Dict. of MG)
Entry By
Arnaud Zucker
Comment
The word ops is ambiguous, since there is another word (ὄψ 2) meaning "eye". This latter could well be the sense suggested by the Etymologicum Magnum, if we consider the significant diffusion of the Cratylian etymology (linking ἄνθρωπος to ὁράω). In the absence of any details on the etymology and of any parallel it is impossible to settle the matter. However the adjective seems to mark better the voice