- ἐνηής
- ἐνηήςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `mild, soft, benevolent' (IG 14, 1648, 8; metrical tomb-inscription)Other forms: gen. and acc. sg. ἐνηέος, -έα (Hom., Hes.), nom. pl. -ῆες, -έες (Opp.)Derivatives: ἐνηείη `mildness, benevolence' (Ρ 670, Opp.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [77] *h₂eu̯- `benevolence, help'Etymology: Uncertain. Formations like ἐν-τελής (to τέλος) point to a second member *ἦος, which can be PGr. *ἆϜος, which differs only in ablaut from Skt. ávas-, Av. avah- n. `favour, benevolence, help' (to which belongs also Lat. aveō etc.); so ἐνηής is prop. `having benevolence' (cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 456). For the ablaut cf. ἄγος beside Skt. ā́gas- (compositional lengthening?). Other possibilities in Strömberg Prefix Studies 115. - One compared ἀΐτης (s.v.), from *ἄ(Ϝ)ος with short α-. Further Pok. 77f., W.-Hofmann s. aveō.Page in Frisk: 1,515-516
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.