- ῥυθμός
- ῥυθμόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: = ἡ τῆς κινήσεως τάξις (Pl. Lg. 665a), `regular movement, beat, rhythm, measure, consistence, proportion, form' (IA., Archil., Thgn., A.).Other forms: Ion. ῥυσμός.Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. εὔ-ρυθμος `with a beautifully regular movement, rhythmically, well-proportioned' with -ία f. (Att.).Derivatives: ῥυθμ-ικός `rhythmic' (Pl.; Chantraine Études 135), -ιος `id.' (Hdn. Gr.); -ίζω, also w. prefix, esp. μετα-, `to make regular, to organise, to set up, to instruct, to form' (IA.), -έω `to organise, to determine' (Athen Va), -όομαι `to develop' (Democr. 197 [-σμ-]; -όω uncertain ibd. 33).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1003] *sreu̯- `stream'Etymology: Already the shortness of the ῠ (e.g. A. Ch. 797) makes the connection with ἔρυμαι, ῥύομαι `avert, protect' with ῥῡτήρ `protector, guardian' (Leemans Ant. class. 17, 403ff., Renehan ClassPhil. 58, 36f. after Jaeger Paideia 1, 174f. [prop. "keep in bonds"]) or with ἐρύω `draw' with ῥῡτήρ `rein' (Krogmann KZ 71, 110f. after Hirt), which is also semant. not very evident, quite improbable. For the old explanation from ῥέω `flow, stream', against which rightly Benveniste Journ. de psych. norm. et pathol. 44 (1951) 401 ff., Wolf WienStud. 68, 99 ff. (with survey of other interpretations), Porzig Satzinhalte 237. So orig. meaning "streaming, stream" as symbol of a quiet and even movement (cf. Curtius 353). On the meaning of ῥυθμός still E. Wolf Bed. von ῥυθμός bei Platon (Diss. Innsbruck 1947), Leemans l.c., Waltz Rev. et. lat. 26, 109 ff. (ῥυθμός and numerus). S. also C. Sandoz, Les noms grecs de la forme (Neuchâtel 1971) 58-77.Page in Frisk: 2,664-665
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.