Νότος
Notos, south-west wind
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Translation
[Meaning] the wind [sc. of that name].1 Also [sc. attested is] *noto/qen ["south-westerly"], [meaning] from [the] south-west.2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]*no/ton kau/swna ["south-western heat"].3
The etymology of*no/tos [is] from the [verb] o)nw= , [future] o)no/sw , the one [which means] I blame and I harm; or from the [noun] noti/s , which is moisture. But more cleverly he understood who said that it is Attic for no/sos ["disease"], as by comparison with *borra=s ["Boreas, north wind"] which is suitable for health.4
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]
The etymology of
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νότος· ὁ ἄνεμος. καὶ Νοτόθεν, ἀπὸ Νότου. καὶ Νότον καύσωνα. ἐτυμολογία νότου παρὰ τὸ ὀνῶ, ὀνόσω, τὸ μέμφομαι καὶ βλάπτω· ἢ παρὰ τὴν νοτίδα, ὅ ἐστιν ὑγρασίαν. ἀστειότερον δὲ ἐπέβαλεν ὁ εἰπὼν αὐτὸν Ἀττικὴν εἶναι νόσον, ὡς πρὸς σύγκρισιν τοῦ Βορρᾶ, εὐθέτου ὄντος πρὸς ὑγίειαν.
Betacode
*no/tos: o( a)/nemos. kai\ *noto/qen, a)po\ *no/tou. kai\ *no/ton kau/swna. e)tumologi/a no/tou para\ to\ o)nw=, o)no/sw, to\ me/mfomai kai\ bla/ptw: h)\ para\ th\n noti/da, o(/ e)stin u(grasi/an. a)steio/teron de\ e)pe/balen o( ei)pw\n au)to\n *)attikh\n ei)=nai no/son, w(s pro\s su/gkrisin tou= *borra=, eu)qe/tou o)/ntos pro\s u(gi/eian.
Notes (4)
- 1cf. ps.-Herodian 93 and (according to Adler) Ambrosian Lexicon 330. ↩
- 2
*no/toqen occurs in e.g. Plato's will, as quoted by Diogenes Laertius (3.41-42, twice); used there as a topographical marker, of one piece of land bordering another on that side. Also attested in astronomical texts. Adler indicates the rest of this entry as interpolation. ↩ - 3The source of this phrase (in the accusative case) is unknown. ↩
- 4cf. Etymologicum Magnum 607.39. The verb cited as
o)nw= iso)/nomai "I find fault." On Boreas the north wind, see beta 390. Needless to say,no/tos is not Attic forno/sos (on which see nu 495). ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 19 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note 4 — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth