- αἰσυμνάω
- αἰσυμνάωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `rule' (Hom.)Other forms: αἰσυμνήτηρ Ω 347 has a variant αἰσυήτηρ. PN Αἴσυμνος, Αἰσυήτης (Hom.)Dialectal forms: Meg. αἰσιμνάωDerivatives: αἰσυμνητήρ (Ω 347 v. 1.), αἰσυμνήτης (αἰσιμνάτας) title of a leading magistrate in several towns (inscr., Arist.), in Homer θ 258 umpire of games. αἰσύμνιον = βουλευτήριον in Megara from the verb or from *αἴσυμνος.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Derived from αἶσα (- αἴσιμος - *αἰσίμων - *αἴσιμνος) by Solmsen Wortf. 36ff. and Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 172f. (-υ\/ι- through assimilation?; rejected by Schwyzer 275 Zus. 1). Chantr. Form. 216, like v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 33, assume, no doubt correctly, Pre-Greek origin, which explains μ\/F (cf. Fur. 244) and υ\/ι. Benveniste St. Etruschi 7, 1933, 255ff and LfgrE. Deroy AntCl. 26, 1958, 404-410 compares Lat. aerumna. (One is reminded of κυβερνάω.)Page in Frisk: 1,46
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