- κνέφας
- κνέφαςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `evening dusk, dark, morning twilight' (Il., X.); on the inflection Schwyzer 514f.; second. nom. acc. κνέφος (H., Suid., Phot.; from κνέφους, -ει?).Other forms: -αος, -ους etc.Derivatives: κνεφαῖος `of the dusk, dark' (trag., com., Hippon.); κνεφάζω `get dark' (A. Ag. 131 [lyr.]).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Several hypotheses, all problematic. Often connected with the Indo-Iran. word for `night', Skt. kṣap-, Av. xšap- with Hitt. išpant- `id'), e.g. Petersen AmJPh 56, 57 (cross of *ξέπας or *κτέπας and νέφος). Others compared Lat. creper `dusk', crepusculum `id.' assuming Sabinic (evt. Etruscan) development. Not better Meillet BSL 23, 259f., Studia Indo-iranica for W. Geiger 234ff. and Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 210f. - Rhyming is ψέφας, s. v.; cf. also δνόφος. The varying anlaut through taboo, Specht Ursprung 11. See Pok. 649), W.-Hofmann s. creper. The word is no doubt Pre-Greek, but the variation is not known from elsewhere.Page in Frisk: 1,882
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