κυβερνάω

κυβερνάω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `steer', metaph. `govern, rule' ( γ 283)

Other forms: aor. κυβερνῆσαι , Cypr. inf. κυμερῆναι; Aeol. κυμερνήτης

Compounds: also with prefix, e.g. δια-.

Derivatives: κυβερνητήρ, Dor. -ατήρ m. `cocxwain' (θ 557, Pi.) with f. -ήτειρα (AP, Nonn.) and -ητήριος (Orac. ap. Plu.); κυβερνήτης (Aeol. κυμερνήτης [-άτας] after EM 543, 3) `id.' (Il.) with f. -ῆτις (pap.) and -ήσια n. pl. `festival in memory of the steersmen of Theseus, Athens (Plu.); κυβέρνησις, -ᾱσις `steering, government' (Pi., Pl.); κυβερνητικός `belonging to, apt to steering' (Pl.); κυβερνισμός = κυβέρνησις (Aq.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Given Cypr. κυμερῆναι the form κυβερνάω might be due to dissimilation μ-ν \> β-ν (Lejeune Traite de phon. 131). Thus Neumann KZ 100 (1987) 64-69, HS 105 (1992) 188 and Kadmos 13 (1974) 146-155. "aber das Wort bleibt sowieso isoliert." (Frisk). The comparison with Skt. kūbara-, -rī́ `pole' and with Lith. kumbras `grip on the steering oar', kumbryti `steer' is to be given up, s. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v. and Fraenkel Wb. s. kumbrỹs. So foreign origin is probable, s. Fohalle Mél. Vendryes 157ff., Kretschmer Glotta 16, 166, Hermann Gött. Nachr. 1943, 2 f., Schwyzer 62, Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. grec. 11. Further Bq. The group -ρν- is typical for non-IE material. - From κυβερνάω as LW [loanword] Lat. gubernō, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. Beekes xx Neumann

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