- οἶμα
- οἶμαGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `fit of anger, attack, rage', of a lion and an eagls (Il.), of a snake (Q. S.).Derivatives: Aor. οἰμῆσαι `to ṗlunge, to dash forth, said of birds of prey and of people compared to birds of prey' (Χ 140, 308, 311, ω 538), fut. οἰμήσουσι (Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 62; of θύννοι), with οἴμημα ὅρμημα H. A supposed but unattested pres. *οἰμάω seems, like the ο-vowel, to presuppose a noun *οἶμος or *οἴμη (beside orig. *εἶμα n.), cf. Bechtel Lex. s. v. w. lit. and Porzig Satzinhalte 281; after Sütterlin Denom. 8, 29 (s. also Schwyzer 725 n. 9) and Shipp Studies 77 however irregularly built from οἶμα.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [299] *h₃eis- `move quickly' (h₃ uncertain).Etymology: Prob. with Bezzenberger BB 4, 334, Sommer Lautst. 35 from *οἶσμα to Av. aēšma- m. `anger' (would be Gr. *οἶ[σ]μος; cf. above), which is put as primary noun to an Indo-Ir. verb `put in quick movement, urge forward' (e.g. pres. Skt. íṣ-yati, Av. iš-yeiti; cf. on ἰαίνω); here then, a.o., also Lat. īra `anger'. Cf. ὀϊστός, οἶστρος. -- WP.1, 106f., Pok. 299f., W.-Hofmann s. īra; everywhere w. further forms a. rich lit. On Illyr. names connected Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 4, 118ff.Page in Frisk: 2,362
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