- Άγαμέμνων
- ΆγαμέμνωνGrammatical information: PNMeaning: The Greek commander before Troy (Il.)Other forms: Att. vases Άγαμέσμων, also Άγαμέμμων, -μέν(ν)ων (Nachmanson Glotta 4, 246).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Prellwitz BB 17, 171f. assumed *Αγα-μέδ-μων `mächtig waltend'; s. Stolz, Innsbrucker Festgruß 13ff. The development -δμ- \> -νμ- \> -μν- is known (Lejeune, Phonét. 77 n. 5. Kretschmer Glotta 3, 330f. connected the second part with μένος und μένειν, explaining -σμ- as a kind of vulgar assimilation. S. also Fiesel Namen 65ff. However, the development to -σμ- is phonetically less easy. On the problem Schwyzer 208. But a variation dental\/σ is known from PreGreek, as in τεῦτλον\/σεῦτλον; cf. Μέδμα\/Μέσμα, a town of the Locrians in Bruttium; cf. Furnée 263 ἀσμωλεὶν\/ἀδμωλή Κάδμος\/Κάσμος We might assume an affricate as the origin (*-medm-\/-mesm- \< *-mecm-). Thus Agamemnon, like Achilles, would be a Pre-Greek name.Page in Frisk: 1,6
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