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ἄγγελος

aggelos

messenger

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Where it lives

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What it meant

1. ἄγγελος · angelos — Beekes

ἄγγελος [m.] ‘messenger’ (Il.). eDIAL Perhaps Myc. a-ke-ro. *DER Denominative ayyé\Aw [v.] ‘to convey a message’. Did ἀγγελίης [m.] ‘messenger’ (Hom.) arise from a false interpretation of the genitive (τῆς) ayyeding? See Leumann 1950: 168ff. Thence ἡ ἀγγελίη ‘female messenger’ (Hes. Th. 781). From ἀγγελία: ἀγγελιώτης, -ὥτις ‘(female) messenger’ (h. Merc. 296); from ἄγγελος: ἀγγελικός ‘of a messenger’ (late); … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄγγελος, p. 56]

2. ἄγγελος · angelos — Chantraine

ἄγγελος, -ou : m. «messager » (Hom. où le mot se dit souvent des messagers des dieux, notamment d'Iris, ion.-att., etc.), «ange» (LÆXX, N.T.), d'où l'emploi dans la philosophie tardive pour des êtres semi-divins. Attesté en mycénien, sous la forme akero, mais akera,le n'esi pas sûrement ἀγγείλαντες (Chadwick-Baumbach, 6]. 4, 1963, 166). Composés : ψευδάγγελος (Hom.), αὐτάγγελος «qui annonce lui-même» (5., Th.), … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄγγελος, p. 22]

3. ἄγγελος · angelos — Frisk

8 ἄγγελος --- ἀγείρω Grdz. 4. pers. Etymol. 28 und 254). Zur Sache Rostowzew Klio 6, 249ff., vgl. noch W.-Hofmann s. angarius. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγγελος, p. 38]

4. ἄγγελος · angelos — Frisk

ἄγγελος m. "Bote, Gesandter” (seit Il.). Denominatives Verb ἀγγέλλω “Botschaft bringen, melden’, Nominalabstraktum ἀγγελία “Botschaft”. Hom. ἀγγελίης m. “Bote” wurde wahrscheinlich von einem epischen Dichter durch falsche Interpretation des Genetivs (τῆς) ἀγγελίης geschaffen, s. Leumann Hom. Wörter 168ff. Danach ἡ ἀγγελίη im Sinn von “Botin’ bei Hes, TR. 781. Andere Ableitungen: von ἀγγελία : ἀγγελιώτης, -ὥτις … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγγελος, p. 38]

5. ἄγγελος · angelos — LSJ

messenger, envoy

messenger, envoy, Il. 2.26, etc.; διʼ ἀγγέλων ὁμιλέειν τινί Hdt. 5.92.ζʹ, cf. SIG 229.25 (Erythrae):— prov., Ἀράβιος ἄ., of a loquacious person, Men. 32.

2 one that announces, tells

generally, one that announces or tells, e.g. of birds of augury, Il. 24.292, 296; Μουσῶν ἄγγελος, of a poet, Thgn. 769; ἄγγελε ἔαρος . . χελιδοῖ Simon. 74; ἄ. ἄφθογγος, of a beacon, Thgn. 549; of the nightingale, ὄρνις . . Διὸς ἄ. S. El. 149: c. gen. rei, ἄ. κακῶν ἐμῶν Id. Ant. 277; ἄγγελον γλῶσσαν λόγων E. Supp. 203; αἴσθησις ἡμῖν ἄ. Plot. 5.3.3; neut. pl., ἄγγελα νίκης Nonn. D. 34.226.

3 angel

angel, LXX Ge. 28.12, al., Ev.Matt. 1.24, al., Ph. 2.604, etc.

4 semi-divine being

in later philos., semi-divine being, ἡλιακοὶ ἄ. Jul. Or. 4.141b, cf. Iamb. Myst. 2.6, Procl. in R. 2.243 K.; ἄ. καὶ ἀρχάγγελοι Theol.Ar. 43.10, cf. Dam. Pr. 183, al.: also in mystical and magical writings, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.45, PMag.Lond. 46.121, etc.

II

title of Artemis at Syracuse, Hsch.

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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. ἄγγελος (scan p. 56; entry #82).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄγγελος (scan p. 22; entry #53).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄγγελος (scan p. 38; entry #58).

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