- νῶροψ
- νῶροψGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: ?Other forms: only in νώρ-οπι, -οπα as adjunct of χαλκῳ̃, -όν (Horn.); after this νώροπι πέπλῳ (Nonn.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Adjective of unknown meaning (cf. H. νῶροψ λαμπρός, ὀξύφωνος, ἔνηχος. η ὅτι την ὄψιν ἀσθενῆ ποιεῖ), so without explanation. Often connected with ἀνήρ, so esp. by Kuiper (s. ἀνήρ). Acc. to Bechtel Lex. s.v. to νωρεῖ ἐνεργεῖ H., Lith. nóriu, -ė́ti `will' etc., which have also been compared with with ἀνήρ; s. except Kuiper l.c. WP. 2, 332f., Pok. 765, W.-Hofmann s. neriōsus. (But one would expect *nuoras, Fraenkel s.v.) Quite diff. Kretschmer Glotta 32, 3 ff. with Epaphroditos of Chaeroneia: to Νώρακος πόλις Παννονὶας, "ὅτι γίνεται ἐν Παννονίᾳ σίδηρος". - The suffix -οπ- may point to a Pre-Greek word (Kuiper suggest ed that it was taken from αἴθοπι.)Page in Frisk: 2,
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