Φοινικιοῦς

purplish

Translated by William Hutton8 Feb 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 32 words
Meaning ruddy. It has a circumflex accent by the rule of the simple [vowels contracting] into -ous. And from the genitive1 foi/nikos comes foiniko/eis,2 [hence] foiniki/oes3 by metathesis and foinikiou=s by contraction.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φοινικιοῦς· ἀντὶ τοῦ πυρρός. περισπᾶται δὲ τῶν εἰς ους ἁπλῶν τῷ λόγῳ. καί ἐστι παρὰ τὴν φοίνικος γενικήν, φοινικόεις, φοινικίοες ἐν ὑπερθέσει, φοινικιοῦς ἐν συναιρέσει.

Betacode
*foinikiou=s: a)nti\ tou= purro/s. perispa=tai de\ tw=n ei)s ous a(plw=n tw=| lo/gw|. kai/ e)sti para\ th\n foi/nikos genikh/n, foiniko/eis, foiniki/oes e)n u(perqe/sei, foinikiou=s e)n sunaire/sei.

Notes (3)

  1. The headword is an adjective (in the masculine singular nominative) equivalent in meaning to the more common adjectives foini/kios and foini/kous, from which LSJ speculates the current adjective was formed by "contamination." The entry derives from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 272, where the headword occurs. See also phi 783.
  2. 1That is, the genitive not of the headword but of the noun foi=nic from which it derives. ↩
  3. 2Yet another adjective from the same root, attested in Homer (e.g. Iliad 23.717) and elsewhere. ↩
  4. 3This form is not attested elsewhere and is probably hypothetical, imagined as a missing link between the other two adjectives. ↩

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φ791ΦοινικικῶνPhoenicianφ792Φοινίκιον ἔρνοςpalm shootφ793Φοινικιοῦςpurplishφ794Φοινικολόφουpurple-crested, ruddy-crestedφ795Φοινικοῦνpurple
Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Apr 2023
  1. cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  2. cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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