- ἀτρύγετος
- ἀτρύγετοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: uncertain (Il.)Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [00] *trug- `dry'Etymology: Of the sea (of the ether). In antiquity seen as `un-fruitful', to τρυγάω, but the formation of the word seems impossible. But by Hdn. Gr. 2, 284 as `never worn out, unresting' to τρύω ("παρὰ τὸ τρύειν πλεονασμῳ̃"); thus Wecklein MünchAkSb 1911 : 3, 27, but the -γ remains unexplained. - Brandenstein PhilWoch. 56, 62f. connects τρύξ `ungegorener, trüber Wein' as `nicht getrübt, rein, abgeklärt'; it seems to fit ether (where it will be secondary) better than the sea. Leukart, FS Risch: ἀ- intens. and τρύζω, as `strongly murmuring'. Vine, Aeol. ὄρπετον, IBS Vortr. 71, 1998, 62 - 64 proposes *n̥-trug-eto- `un-dry-able', cf. ἔτρυγεν ἐξηράνθη and τρυγητός = ξηρασία; quite possible. - Pelasgian theories are worthless.Page in Frisk: 1,181-182
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.