- ἠβαιός
- ἠβαιόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `little, small', in the Il. only with the negation οὑδ' ἠβαιόν `not even a little' (5 times), οὑδ' ἠβαιαί (Ξ 141), later also without negation (ι 462, Opp.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]Etymology: Acc. to Leumann Hom. Wörter 50 (thus already Fick 1, 397; s. Bq) arisen through false word division from οὑ δη βαιόν (perhaps οὑδε βαιόν). A prefix ἠ- (Brugmann Grundr.2 2, 2, 817, Prellwitz Glotta 19, 126; s. also Winter Prothet. Vokal 47) is improbable. Wrong Güntert Reimwortbildungen 135ff. (to ἥβη).Page in Frisk: 1,619-620
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.