Νῆμα

thread

Translated by Nick Nicholas23 Sep 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 20 words

and [in the plural] nh/mata ["threads"]. From the [verb] nh/qw, meaning I spin.
Certainly [formed] out of nw=, [future] nh/sw.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νῆμα· καὶ νήματα. ἐκ τοῦ νήθω, τὸ κλώθω. μάλιστα ἐκ τοῦ νῶ, νήσω.

Betacode

*nh=ma: kai\ nh/mata. e)k tou= nh/qw, to\ klw/qw. ma/lista e)k tou= nw=, nh/sw.

Notes (1)

This correctly identifies νέω "spin" (LSJ s.v. ne/w B) as the origin of nh=ma "thread".
1cf. Etymologicum Magnum 603.35. ↩

Linked from1 entry

ν527ΝῶI heap up, I swim, I flow, I spinA verb, of which the[se] inflections are in use. [(A) The verb] nw=, [meaning] I pile up; out of which [comes] nh=sai, to pile up. Also nhdu/s ["stomach, womb"], [that] into which nourishment is piled up. [(B) The verb]…

Neighbouring entries

ν314Νηλίπουςbarefoot ν315Νηλιτήςnelites ν316Νῆμαthread ν317Νημερτέςunerring ν318Νηνεμίαcalm, windlessness

Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Nov 2020

6 Nov 2020typo — Catharine Roth
19 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
9 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Sep 2009another note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Sep 2009Translated — Nick Nicholas