ἀγλαός
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
ἀγάλλω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
agallō
English translation (word)
to exult in
Transliteration (Etymon)
aglaos
English translation (etymon)
splendid
Century
9 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Epimerismi in Psalmos p. 96
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum, Oxford, 1848
Quotation
ἀγαλλιῶ, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἀγάλλω, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἀγλαὸν, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ αἴγλη, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἀΐσσω τὸ ὁρμῶ
Translation (En)
Agalliô: from agallō ("to exult in"); this word comes from aglaos ("splendid"), and the latter comes from aiglē ("radiance"), which comes from aïssō ("to leap, to rush")
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unclear. The connection with ἀγλαός is possible but no certain (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has the derivative αγαλλιάζω "to rejoice greatly", from hellenistic ἀγαλλι(ῶ), originating from ἀγάλλω. The form αγάλλομαι is a learned one and used in very specific cases
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Reversible etymology, as in most of our sources ἀγάλλω is given as the etymon of ἀγλαός (see ἀγλαός / ἀγάλλω), unless it is a mistake in Choeroboscus