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ἀδαγμός

adagmos

itch

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What it meant

1. ἀδαγμός · adagmos — Beekes

ἀδαγμός [m.] -κνησμός ‘itch’ (H.). VAR Also in 5. Tr. 770 acc. to Phot. (codd. 65a yp16c). eDER Cf. ἀδακτῶ: κνήθομαι ‘to itch’, ἀδαξῆσαι: κνῆσαι ‘to scrape, scratch’, ἀδαχᾷ: κνᾷ, κνήθει κεφαλήν. ψηλαφᾷ ‘scratches the head, gropes’ (H.). *ETYM The old explanation of ἀδαγμός as assimilated from ὁδα- is due to the desire to reduce everything to Indo-European roots; see Van Beek fthc.b. There is no compelling … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀδαγμός, p. 66]

2. ἀδαγμός · adagmos — Chantraine

ἀδαγμός : κνησμός (Hsch.}, « morsure, démangeaison » attrib'ié à 5. par Photius. Les mss Trach. 770 donnent ὁδαγμός. Autres gloses apparentées : ἀδαξῶ * κνήθομαι ; ἀδαξῆσαι - κνῇσαι ; ἀδαχᾷ - κνᾷ, κνήθει κεφαλήν, ψηλαφᾷ (cf. Ar. fr. 410). Les manuscrits ἀ Ηἱρροογαίθ ont ἀδάξεται Mul. 2,171, ἀδαξῶντα Mul. 1,18, cf. Bechtel, Gr. D. 3,90. Ei.: Expliqué par une assimilation phonétique de ὀδαcf. ὁδάξ, etc. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀδαγμός, p. 32]

3. ἀδαγμός · adagmos — Frisk

ἀδαγμός: κνησμός H. auch 8S.7r.770 nach Phot. (codd. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀδαγμός, p. 48]

4. ἀδαγμός · adagmos — LSJ

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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