- ἀήσυλος
- ἀήσυλοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: Ε 876 ἀήσυλα ἔργα (hapax).Other forms: αἰήσυλον ἄνομον, κακοποιόν H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown] PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin] [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: One proposes alteration of αἴσυλος `unseemly, evil' (αἴσυλα ῥέζειν Ε 403 etc.) (after ἄημι?, ἀήσυρος?). Otherwise Bechtel Lex., Brugmann Sächs. Ber. 1901, 94. Fraenkel Gl. 34, 1955, 307ff proposes *α(Ϝ)ισσυλα, from ἶσος; very doubtful. Fur. 253 points to the gloss with αι-, which implies a substr. word (he connects ἄητος, which may have a variant αἴητος).Page in Frisk: 1,27
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