- θέω 2
- θέω 2.Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `glow' only in ὀδόντων λευκὰ θεόντων (Hes. Sc. 146); from there through imitation ὕλῃ χλωρὰ \<θ\>ούσῃ (Theoc. 25, 158) and ποίην ... χλωρὰ θέουσαν (Epigr. Gr. 1046, 83); cf. θοόν .. λαμπρόν H. (also explained as ὀξύ, σκοτεινόν, ἰσχυρόν, ταχινόν); θοῶσαι ὀξῦναι, λαμπρῦναι H.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [261] *dʰeu- `glow'Etymology: For λευκὰ θεόντων Wackernagel Glotta 14, 44ff. = Kl. Schr. 2, 852ff. (with others) wants to read very attractively in one word λευκαθεόντων (from λευκαθέω for *λευκάθω = λευκαθίζω), through which this θέω `glow' would disappear. The explanation of θοός, θοῶσαι as λαμπρός, λαμπρῦναι prob. goes bask on the same tradition. - From *λευκάθω also the name of the goddess Λευκαθέα (Wackernagel l. c.).Page in Frisk: 1,669
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.