- νεοχμός
- νεοχμόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `new, unusual, strange', almost only of objects (Ion. poet., Alcm.).Derivatives: νεοχμίη κίνησις πρόσφατος H. and the denomin. νεοχμόω = νεωτερίζω, `innovate (in the government), make innovations, be recalcitrant' (Hdt., Th. 1, 12, Arist.) with νεόχμωσις f. `innovation, unusual appearance' (Arist., Aret.); also νεοχμ-έω (H., Suid.), -ίζω (H.) `id.'.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: From νέος with unclear formation; cf. ὀρροχμόν ἔσχατον, ἄκρον H., from ὄρρος. Wackernagel KZ 33, 1f. (Kl. Schr. 1, 680f.) wants to see in -χμ- the zero grade of χθών, χαμ-αί; so prop. "in (ea) terra novus" [improbable]. Doubts in Chantraine Form. 151 and Sommer Nominalkomp. 86 f.Page in Frisk: 2,
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.