- ἱστός
- ἱστόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `beam (of a loom), loom, web; mast' (Il.).Compounds: Often as 1. member, e. g. ἱστο-δόκη `support of the mast, mast-holder' for the mast when let down (Α 434), ἱστο-πέδη `mast-shoe' (μ 51 = 162, Alc. Ζ 2, 6); cf. Risch IF 59, 26; ἱστο-βοεύς `beam of a plough, -dissel' (Hes. Op. 431, 435, A. R. 3, 1318 a. Orac. ap. Paus. 9, 37, 4 ), metr. enlargement of *ἱστό-βοος = ἱστὸς βόειος, βοῶν (cf. ἱππο-πόταμος) after the names of apparatus in -ευς; s. K. Meister HK 174, Boßhardt Die Nom. auf -ευς 31; also ἱστο-βόη (AP 6, 104, after -δόκη a. o.). εξιστων adjunct of χιτωνίσκον in a set of clothes for Artemis ( for ἕξ ἱστῶν, consisting of six pieced of woven material.Derivatives: ἱστίον, mostly pl. -ία `sail' (Il.), also `curtain' (LXX), `web' as measure (pap.);Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1004] *steh₂- `set, put up'Etymology: Formation like φορτίον a. o. (Chantraine Formation 59). To ἵσταμαι (or a lost present of the type Lat. si-st-ō) as "the stander" (not "the set-ler"); orig. of the beam of the loom (which was standing), cf. Chantraine Étrennes Benveniste 14, Hermann Gött. Nachr. 1943, 7. S. also στήμων.Page in Frisk: 1,739-740
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.