- ἐλῑνύω
- ἐλῑνύωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `rest, stop with something' (Ion.).Other forms: Aor. ἐλινῦσαι, fut. ἐλινύσω. Cf. ὀλινύει λήγει, ἅργεῖ.Derivatives: ἐλινύες f. pl. (ἡμέραι) `festive days' (Plb. 21, 2, 1, = Lat. supplicatio).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unknown. Several proposals, all very hypothetical: to λίναμαι, λιάζομαι (Prellwitz Et.Wb., Bq, Brugmann Grundr.2 2 : 3, 300, Schwyzer 693 w. n. 4); to Lat. lētum etc. (Scheftelowitz IF 33, 158); to Skt. iláyati `stand still, come to rest' (Persson Beitr. 2, 743); to Lith. ilsė́tis `rest' (Thurneysen KZ 30, 353, Bally MSL 12, 323). See Mayrhofer Wb. s. iláyati (p. 92), Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. il̃sti (p. 184). The variant in Hesychius may point to a Pre-Greek word (Fur. 376)..Page in Frisk: 1,495
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
