- ἄλπνιστος
- ἄλπνιστοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: See below. (Pi. I. 5 (4), 12)Other forms: ἔπαλπνος `amiable' (Pi. P. 8, 84) = ἡδύς, προσηνής (Sch.); ἀλπαλέον ἀγαπητόν H., from which (perhaps) ἁρπαλέος (influenced by ἁρπάζω; the gloss ἁπάλιμα· ἁρπακτά, προσφιλῆ shows the double meaning; cf. also ἁρπαλίζομαι· ἀσμένως δέχομαι H.). Here also the PN Άλπονίδης (inscr. Karthaia), Bechtel Namenstudien 5f., from ῎Αλπων.Dialectal forms: ἄλπαρ inscr. Crete; uncertain.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: For ἄλπνιστος Wackernagel KZ 43, 377 reads *ἄλπιστος, a primary superlative formation and attested as PN (A. Pers. 982; but text uncertain). The assumption of an old r\/n-stem, once popular, is unnecessary (the Cretan form would point to it). - ἀλπ- as *Ϝαλπ-, zero grade of *Ϝελπ- in ἔλπομαι, ἐλπίς, is doubtful (one expects *Ϝλαπ-).Page in Frisk: 1,78
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.