νήφω

νήφω
νήφω Ch. 3, 134
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: `be sober, fast', often metaph.
Other forms: Dor. νάφω, in the older language only present, mostly in ptc. (IA., Thgn., Archil.), aor. νῆψαι (J., 1. Ep. Pet. 4, 7).
Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, ἐκ-.
Derivatives: 1. νήφων, -ονος in νήφονες νήφοντες H., dat. pl. νήφοσι (Thgn.); 2. νηφάλιος `without wine', of drink-offerings etc. (A.), later also of persons `fasten' (Ph., J.) with νηφαλιεύω `bring a drinkoffering without wine' (Poll.), νηφαλίζω in νηφαλισμένον ὕδατι, οὑκ οἴνῳ ἡγνισμένον H.; besides νηφαλιεύς surn. of Apollon (AP 9, 525, 14: -έα, metr. enlargement at verse-end, cf. Bosshardt 70); also νηφαλέος (Hdn. Gr., Ph.; after αὑαλέος etc., Debrunner IF 23, 17 f.) and νηφαντικός `sobering' (Pl. Phlb. 61, Porph.) as from *νηφαίνω; cf. e.g. σημαλέος : σημαντικός; on the suffixchange λ : ν in gen. s. e.g. Schwyzer 483, Benveniste Origines 45 f. -- Verbal noun νῆψις f. `soberness' (Plb., Str.).
Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [754] *?? `sober'
Etymology: Of νήφω, νάφω reminds Arm. nawt'i `sober' (Pedersen KZ 39, 349), but the phonetical, morphological and semantic interpretation of the Armenian form is unclear. Arm. nawt'i is prob. i- (i̯o-)deriv. of an unattested noun *nawt', which formally agrees to canawt `known' (to the aor. can-eay, pres. čanač̣em `recognise', s. γιγνώσκω) and like this must have a dental suffix; even the semantic relation is unclear, De Lamberterie, RPh. 72 (1998)134 (= DELG Suppl.); cf. Clackson 1994, 154ff; even the long a of Greek is doubted; so de L. prefers to connect Lat. ēbrius and reconstructs *n̥-h₁gʷʰon-. -- Given the preponderance of the nominal forms (including the ptc. νήφων) as also the meaning one might think that the relatively rare present νήφω (with secondary νῆψαι) was a denominative and to start from a noun *νᾱφ(ο-) v.t. (cf. for the type Schwyzer 722f.), to which there was an l \/ n-stem νηφ-άλ-ιος, νήφ-ον-. -- OHG nuoh-turn `sober', earlier conidered a testimony for an IE *nāgʷʰ-, remains far as LW [loanword] (Lat. nocturnus), s. WP. 2, 317 w. further lit.
Page in Frisk: 2,

Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). . 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • νήφω — to be sober pres subj act 1st sg νήφω to be sober pres ind act 1st sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νήφω — (Α νήφω και δωρ. τ. νάφω) 1. είμαι εγκρατής στο κρασί, απέχω από το κρασί, είμαι νηφάλιος, ξεμέθυστος («εἶεν δή, ἄνδρες δοκεῑτε γάρ μοι νήφειν οὐκ ἐπιτρεπτέον ὑμῑν, ἀλλὰ ποτέον», Πλάτ.) 2. μτφ. έχω πνευματική διαύγεια, είμαι ψύχραιμος, ήρεμος αρχ …   Dictionary of Greek

  • Νήφω — Νῆφος masc nom/voc/acc dual Νῆφος masc gen sg (doric aeolic) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νῆφον — νήφω to be sober pres part act masc voc sg νήφω to be sober pres part act neut nom/voc/acc sg νήφω to be sober imperf ind act 3rd pl (homeric ionic) νήφω to be sober imperf ind act 1st sg (homeric ionic) νήφων sober masc/fem voc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νήφετε — νήφω to be sober pres imperat act 2nd pl νήφω to be sober pres ind act 2nd pl νήφω to be sober imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νήφῃ — νήφω to be sober pres subj mp 2nd sg νήφω to be sober pres ind mp 2nd sg νήφω to be sober pres subj act 3rd sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νηφόντων — νήφω to be sober pres part act masc/neut gen pl νήφω to be sober pres imperat act 3rd pl …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νηψάντων — νήφω to be sober aor part act masc/neut gen pl νήφω to be sober aor imperat act 3rd pl …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νῆφε — νήφω to be sober pres imperat act 2nd sg νήφω to be sober imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νῆψαι — νήφω to be sober aor imperat mid 2nd sg νήφω to be sober aor inf act …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • νήφει — νήφω to be sober pres ind mp 2nd sg νήφω to be sober pres ind act 3rd sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”