- ὄπεας
- ὄπεαςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `awl' (Poll. 10, 141).Other forms: V.l. -εαρ. Dat. ὑπέατι (Hdt. 4, 70). ὑπέατα ὀπήτια H. (ὕπεα τὰ ὀπίσθια cod.)Derivatives: Dimin. ὀπήτ-ιον n. (Hp., LXX; ὑπ- Gloss.), -ίδιον n. (Poll. 7, 83); unclear Nicoch. 9.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: After Schwyzer KZ 60, 224ff. from *ὀπα-Ϝατ- prop. "provided with an ear", from the special form of the perforated pull-through-awl; there also (decisive?) criticism of the older interpretation as "Lochgerät" (e.g. Orion: παρὰ τὸ ὀπὰς ἐμποιεῖν). The ὑπ-, which cannot we explained away must somehow be due to folketymology. - The variant shows that the word is Pre-Greek (not in Furnée). Note that forms in -αρ occur in Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,402
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.