- κεύθω
- κεύθωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `conceal', also `be hidden' (Il.).Other forms: also κευθάνω (Γ 453), κυνθάνει κρύπτει H., fut. κεύσω, aor. κεῦσαι, also κύθε (γ 16), redupl. subj. κεκύθωσι (ζ 303), perf. κέκευθα.Compounds: also with ἐπι- (ἐνι-, ἀμφι-),Derivatives: κεῦθος n., often plur. -εα `hiding, cave, depth' (Il.), κευθμών, -μῶνες `id.' (Od.), κευθμός, -μοί `id.' (Ν 28, Lyc., Call.); cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 240 and 263; also κευθῆνες οἱ καταχθόνιοι δαίμονες Suid. (Schwyzer 487, Solmsen Wortforsch. 143).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [951] (s)keu-dʰ- `conceal, hide'Etymology: A form near to κεύθω can be found in Germanic in the OE yot-present hȳdan, NEngl. hide `conceal'. Further one compares Arm. suzanem `dive, hide' (Bugge KZ 32, 38f.; also Lidén Armen. Stud. 122); it presupposes however an initial palatal ḱ, which does no fit with the words further adduced (Skt. kuhū́ḥ f. `new moon' ("the hidden"), kuharam n. `cave' (Mayrhofer KEWA s. kúhakaḥ); also the other representatives of IE. (s)keu- `cover' (Pok. 951ff.) have velar k. Here also some Celtic verbal nouns, e. g. MIr. codal `skin' (cf. Vendryes WuS 12, 242). - Beside these words from IE. *keudh- there are several with final t, s. κύτος. See also on κύσθος, κύστις, and σκῦτος and σκῦλα.Page in Frisk: 1,834
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