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ἀδινός

adinos

arm. af-ok

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What it meant

1. ἁδινός · hadinos — Chantraine

ἁδινός ou àBpés qui ne reflètent plus guère le sens originel. Et. : ἄδην est évidemment issu de la racine de ἄω, ἄμεναι. D y a un élément d qui se retrouve dans l'arm. af-ok', alors que les autres langues ont généralement un ἐ, cf. lat. satis, etc. Voir Frisk Etyma Arm. 16 sqq. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἁδινός, p. 34]

2. ἁδῐνός · hadinos — LSJ

close, thick

close, thick: hence in Hom.,

1 crowded, thronging

crowded, thronging, ἁ. κῆρ, like πυκιναὶ φρένες, in physical sense, Il. 16.481, Od. 19.516; of bees, flies, sheep, Il. 2.87, 469, Od. 1.92.

2 vehement, loud, loud-voiced, frequently, loudly, vehemently, deep, thick-falling, abundant, abundant, deep, frequent

vehement, loud, of sounds, ἁ. γόος Il. 18.316; Σειρῆνες ἁ. the loud-voiced Sirens, Od. 23.326. Adv. -νῶς frequently, or loudly, vehemently, ἁ. ἀνενείκατο Il. 19.314: neut. as Adv., ἁδινὸν γοόωσα Od. 4.721; ἁ. μυκώμεναι 10.413: pl., ἁδινὰ στεναχίζων Il. 23.225; κλαῖʼ ἁ. 24.510: Comp. ἁδινώτερον Od. 16.216:—rare in Lyr. and Trag., ἁ. δάκος a deep bite, Pi. P. 2.53; ἁ. δάκρυα thick-falling tears, S. Tr. 848 (lyr.); βίοτος ἁ. abundant, Tim. Pers. 29; and freq. in A.R., ἁ. ὕπνος, κῶμα abundant, deep

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀδινός (scan p. 68; entry #145).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀδινός (scan p. 34; entry #121).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀδινός (scan p. 51; entry #126).

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