- ἄγνυμι
- ἄγνυμιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `break' (Il.); mostly in κατά̄γνυμι with ᾱ from -α-Ϝαγ- (Björck Alpha impurum 42, 147).Other forms: ἄξω, ἔαξα or ἦξα, ἔᾱγα, ἅ̆γην or ἐᾰ́γην (on ἐά̄γη at verse end Λ 559 s. Wackernagel Unt. 141, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 18).Derivatives: ἀγή (ᾱ- in A. R. 1, 554; 4, 941); with reduplication and ablaut ἰωγή? (\< *Ϝι-Ϝωγ-ή) `shelter', if `breaking' (the wind; ξ 533), also im comp. ἐπιωγαί, -ή (ε 404 usw.) dissimilated from *ἐπι-ϜιϜωγαί (but see Bechtel Lex.) `places of shelter'. ἄξος (hardly from σ-aor.) = ἀγμός (Crete). Not PlN Όάξος, i.e. Ϝάξος (Hdt. 4, 154). γακτός (Ϝ-)· κλάσμα H. On Ϝαγανο- s. CEG 6.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [1110] *ueh₂g-?Etymology: As *Ϝάγ-νυμι (Ϝ certain in Homer) to Toch. wāk- `split apart', caus. `split'. -Ϝωγ- \< *uoh₂g-. Perhaps to Lat. vāgīna `Scheide', cf. Scheide to scheiden. Improbable vervāctum `fallow ground' from *vēre vāctum (Pisani REIE 3, 59ff.).Page in Frisk: 1,13
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.