- οἶμος
- οἶμοςGrammatical information: m. (also f. after ὁδός a.o.; Schwyzer- Debrunner 34 n. 3).Meaning: `streak' (Λ 24 οἶμοι κυάνοιο, on a θώρηξ), `path, road, track', also `strip, tract of land' (Hes. Op. 290, Pi., trag., Pl., Call., Men.), also connected with song and play (s. οἴμη).Other forms: (also οἷμος, s. below).Compounds: Few compp.: δύσ-οιμος (τύχα A. Ch. 945 [lyr.]; after H. = ἐπὶ κακῳ̃ ἥκουσα, δύσοδος). ἄοιμος ἄπορος and πάροιμος ὁ γείτων H. -- On παροιμία s.v.; cf. also ἑτοῖμος.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: As an aspirated form οἷμος is ascertained (e.g. Hdn. Gr. 1, 546; cf. also φροίμιον [s. οἴμη] and ἄοιμος), an IE basis *oi-mo- : Skt. é-man- n. `path, walk' (to εἶμι; Curtius 401, also Schwyzer 381) cannot be considered as probable. Against the modification therefor proposed by Sommer Lautst. 29 *oi-s-mo- (to Lith. eimė̃ f. `going, stride, movement') Osthoff Arch. f. Religionswiss. 11, 63, who earlier (BB 24, 168 ff.) proposed for it *Ϝοῖ-μο-ς, to ἵεμαι `move forward' (s. v.). Diff. Schulze Kl. Schr. 665: to οἱρών 'εὑθυωρία' (s.v.); on this cf. Specht KZ 66, 27 n. 3. -- Here perh. also οἴμη, s. v. DELG frankly calls the origin `obscure'.Page in Frisk: 2,363
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