- δασύς
- δασύςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `hairy'; `aspirated' as grammatical term (Od., Ion.-Att.).Compounds: ἀμφί- (Hom.), ἐν- (Dsc.), ἐπί- (Thphr.), ὑπέρ- (X.), ὑπό- (Dsc.).Derivatives: δασύτης `hairiness, aspiration' (Arist.), δάσος n. `thicket, shaginess' (Men.), δάσυμα eye-disease = τράχωμα (Sever. Med.; cf. Chantr. Form. 186f.); δασυλλίς f. hypocor. of bears (EM 248, 55); Δασύλλιος surname of Dionysos (Paus.; acc. to EM l. c. παρὰ τὸ δασύνειν τὰς ἀμπέλους). Denomin. δασύνομαι, -ω `become, make hairy' (Ar.) with δασυντής, -τικός `aspirating' (gramm.), δασυσμός (Dsc.). - Note δασκόν δασύ H.; cf. Specht Ursprung 64, 188, unless with Latte from δάσκιον. On δάσκιλλος s. v.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The old connection with Lat. dēnsus depends on -σ- after sonantic n̥ on which s. Schwyzer 307, Hoenigswald Lang. 29, 290f. Heth. daššuš `heavy, strong' is of uncertain interpretation (Tischler HEW)..Page in Frisk: 1,351
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.