δῖνος
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
δόναξ
Transliteration (Word)
donax
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
dinos
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, p. 283
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)
Quotation
Δόναξ: Ὁ κάλαμος. […]. Παρὰ τὸ δίνω, τὸ στρέφω, δῖνος· καὶ ὡς λίθος λίθαξ, οὕτω δῖνος δίναξ· καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ι εἰς ο, δόναξ, ὡς κλίνω, κλόνος· οἱ γὰρ ταρασσόμενοι συστρέφονται.
δονέω
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
δόναξ
Transliteration (Word)
donax
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
doneō
Source
idem
Ref.
D Scholion to Iliad 10.467
Ed.
H. van Thiel, Scholia D in Iliadem, online edition 2014
Quotation
Δόνακας. Καλάμους. Ἀπὸ τοῦ δονεῖσθαι.
