- ῥῡσός
- ῥῡσόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `shrivelled, shrunk, wrinkled' (I 503).Other forms: Mss. also -σσ-. On ῥῠτίς, -ίδος bel.Compounds: Some compp., e.g. ἔν-ρυσος `somewhat wrinkled' (Dsc.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 128).Derivatives: 1. ῥυσ-αλέος `id.' (Nic.; αὑαλέος a.o.); 2. -ώδης `with a wrinkled appearance' (AP a.o.); 3. -ότης f. `wrinkledness' (Plu.); 4. ῥυσίλλας τὰς ῥυτίδας H. (diminutive-hypocoristic; cf. Chantraine Form. 252, Schwyzer 485); 5. ῥυσ-όομαι, -όω `to shrivel, to wrinkle (oneself)' (Arist.) with -ωσις f. (Gal.); 6. -αίνομαι `id.' (Nic., AP). -- ῥῠτίς, -ίδος f. (Aeol. βρύτιδες EM) `wrinkle, fold' (Ar., Pl.) with ῥυτιδ-ώδης = ῥυσώδης, -όομαι, -όω = ῥυσόομαι, -όω (Hp., Arist.), -ωσις f. `wrinkling' (medic.), -ωμα n. `wrinkle' (sch.). Prob. also ῥυτίσματα pl. (Men.: *ῥυτίζω), after Phot. = τῶν διερρυηκότων ἱματίων τὰ ἀποπληρώματα (`patch, piece of cloth').Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: With ῥυσός cf. λοξός, κομψός, γαυσός and many other adj. in -σός (Chantraine Form. 434, Études 17. Schwyzer 516, Stang Symb. Oslo. 23, 46, Specht Ursprung 200); ῥυτίς like πηκτίς, ξυστίς, δοκίς etc.; from *ῥυ-τή, -τόν v.t. -- Prob. like ῥυτήρ `vein' etc. to ἐρύω `draw, pull, snatch' (s.v.), so prop. *'drawn, distorted, pulled' etc. (Solmsen IF 31, 463) (for the meaning cf. ῥάκη, also `wrinkels') - but then we would have *ἐρυσος. The similarity with Lat. rūga `wrinkle, fold', Lith. raũkas `id.' is accidental; cf. W.-Hofmann and Fraenkel s.vv. S. also Bechtel Lex. s. ῥυσός.Page in Frisk: 2,666-667
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.