- δρόσος
- δρόσοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `dew', often of several fluids (Hdt., Pi.); in A. Ag. 141 (lyr., pl.) = `young animals' (λεόντων), thus Call. Hek. 1, 2, 3; after Bechtel Lex. 139 and Benveniste BSL 45, 102 A. 1 metonymia; diff. Leumann Hom. Wörter 258 n. 11; cf. on ἕρσαι.Other forms: on the genus Schwyzer-Debrunner 32 n. 4, 34 n. 1)Derivatives: Adjectives `dewy, fluid': δροσόεις (Sapph.), δροσώδης (com.), δροσερός (E.), δροσινός (AP), δρόσιμος (Plu.; s. Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 98). Abstract δροσία (Orac. ap. Luk. Alex. 53, Cat. Cod. Astr., also NGr.; on the meaning Scheller Oxytonierung 54f.). - Hypocorist. δροσαλλίς name of a Bithynian wine (Gp.); s. Chantr. Form. 252. - Denomin. δροσίζω `sprinkle, make dew' (Ar.) with δροσισμός (Olymp. Alch.); δροσόομαι `be sprinkled with dew' (Anakreont.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. Older views in Bq; wrong also Sapir Lang. 15, 185. No doubt Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,419-420
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