- σμί̄λη
- σμί̄ληGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `knife, woodcarving knife, scalpel, chisel', instrument for artisan, physicians, image-sculptor etc. (in. Att.).Other forms: -ᾰ AP; -ή Hdn. Gr.Compounds: As 1st element in σμιλι-γλύφοι (τέχναι) `working with chisels, sculptural' (Epigr. Galatia); on the compositional -ι Schwyzer 448, which is rightly rejected by Chantr.Derivatives: 1. Dimin. σμιλ-ίον n. with -ιωτός, -άριον n. (late medic.); 2. -ινος `acting as a knife' (late medic.); 3. ἀπο-, δια-σμιλεύω `to smooth with a chisel, to plane' (late) with σμίλ-ευμα n. `chipping' (Ar.), -ευτός (AP), -ευσις, -εία f. (Hdn. Epim.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]; PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Instrument name in -λη like μήλη, χηλή, τρώγλη a. o; but this is rather doubtful, cf. Form. 240. No directe connection outside Greek. A basic primary verb is also supposed for the Germ. word for `carpenter, smith' in OWNo. smið, OE smiÞ (\> NEng. smith), OHG. smid, PGm. *smiÞu-, *smiðu-, IE. *smi-tu. Beside it with transition in th n-stems the Goth. comp. aiza-smiÞa `ore-smiih, χαλκεύς'. The length in σμί̄λη is not based on a longdiphthongal *smēi- : *smī-, but may have been introduced secondarily after the model of the nouns in -ῑλη, -ῑλο-. So the etymology remains doubtful; the word may be Pr-Greek. -- WP. 2, 686 and Pok. 968 (after Persson Stud. 119, Brugmann IF 6, 93) w. lit. and further, hypothetical combinations. Cf. σμινύη, σμίνθος; also μικρός.Page in Frisk: 2,750
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