εὐνή

εὐνή
εὐνή
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: `layer' (of animals and soldiers), `bed, matrimonial bed', metaph. `marriage' and `tomb', as nautical expression in plur. `anchor-stones' (Il.).
Compounds: As 1. member in εὐνοῦχος m. "protector of the bed", `chamberlain, eunuch' (Ion.-Att.; on the meaning E. Maaß, RhM 74, 432ff.) with εὐνουχίζω, -ίας a. o. As 2. member a. o. in χαμαι-εύνης (on the formation Schwyzer 451), f. -ευνάς `with its layer on the bottom, lying on the naked bottom' (Hom.); also χαμ-ευνάς `id.' (Lyc.), as determinative `layer on the bottom' (Nil. Th. 23); in this meaning further χαμ-εύνη, -α (Trag.) with χαμεύνιον (Pl.), -ευνίς (Theoc.), -ευνία (Ph., Philostr.).
Derivatives: εὐναῖος `belonging to the εὐνη' (trag.), εὔνια pl. = εὐνή (App.), εὐνέτης `layer-companion, wife' (E.), -έτις f. (Hp., A. R.), εὐνάτας `id.' (E. Med. 159, conj.), εὖνις f. (S., E.). Two denomin. εὐνάομαι, εὐνηθῆναι, -άω `lay down, go to bed, sleep' resp. `bring to rest' (Il.) with εὐνήματα pl. `marriage' (E. Ion 304; cf. Chantraine Formation 184ff.), εὐνήτωρ, -ά̄τωρ, -ητήρ, -ᾱτήρ = εὐνέτης (trag.), f. εὐνήτειρα, -άτειρα, -ήτρια (trag.), εὑνατήριον `sleeping-room' (A.). εὐνάζομαι, εὐνασθῆναι, εὐνάζω `id.' with τὰ εὐνάσιμα `sleeping-places' (X. Kyn. 8, 4; after ἱππάσιμος a. o., cf. Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 48), εὐναστήρ = εὐνέτης (Lyc.), εὐνάστειρα λίθος (Opp.), εὐναστήριον = εὐνατήριον (S., E.). Details of the tragedians in Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 17, Björck, Alpha impurum 139f.; also Chantraine REGr. 59-60, 227f.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unexplained. Von Strachan in Fick 2, 48, Lidén IF 19, 320f. compare OIr. (h)uam `hole' and Av. unā f. `hole, slit (in the earth)'; further s. Bq s. v., W.-Hofmann s. exuō and 1. venus. Also Arm. unim `have, own' remains far (rather with Meillet MSL 23, 276 to Hitt. epmi `take, seize', Lat. apīscor etc.).
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