Νέφος

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Translated by Catharine Roth6 Sep 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 22 words
As if [from] ne/-faos, that which is deprived of light.1 Thus also kne/fas [is] that which is empty [keno/n] of light [fa/os].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νέφος· οἱονεὶ νέφαος, τὸ ἐστερημένον φωτός. οὕτω καὶ κνέφας, τὸ κενὸν φάους.

Betacode
*ne/fos: oi(onei\ ne/faos, to\ e)sterhme/non fwto/s. ou(/tw kai\ kne/fas, to\ keno\n fa/ous.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. Etymologicum Magnum 521.52, 601.45 (and nu 273). *ne/fos corresponds to Sanskrit nábhas-, Old Slavic nebo, Hittite nepiš (Chantraine s.v.).
  2. 1Similar derivation in Orion [Author, Myth], citing Philoxenos. ↩
  3. 2For kne/fas "twilight", see kappa 1859. ↩

References


P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. 2, Paris 2009

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Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Jun 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented primary note — David Whitehead
  3. added keyword, set status — William Hutton
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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