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ἄγνυμι

agnumi

to break

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What it meant

1. ἄγνυμι · agnymi — Beekes

ἄγνυμι [v.] ‘to break’ (Il.). 41ΕῈ *ueh,g- “break’> VAR Fut. ἄξω, aor. kaka or ἦξα, perf. aya, pass. aor. ἄγην or ἐάγην (on verse-final éayn A 559 see Wackernagel 1916: 141, Chantraine 1942: 18). 14 ἀγνύς COMP Mostly in κατἄγνυμι, with ἃ from -a-fay- (Bjorck 1950: 42, 147). *DER ἀγή ‘fragment’ (A., E.), long ἄ- certainly in A. R. 1, 5543 4, 941; further ἰωγή < *Fi-fwy-H ‘shelter’, if originally ‘breaking of the … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄγνυμι, p. 60]

2. ἄγνυμι · agnymi — Chantraine

ἄγνυμι, ἄξω, ἔαξα et ion. ἧξα, p.intr. ἔζγα, aor. pass. rev (sur ἐάγη en fin de vers 7]. 11,559, qui s'explique soit par un augment iong ἘΠ) Εάγη, soit plutôt par un ajongement métr., voir Chantraine, Gr. Hom. 1,18); les «raphies du type impér. aor. &£ov, etc., avec x long, qui nt enseignées par Hérodien 2,14, et qui ont pénétré dans la vuigate hom. sont des atticismes, et analogiques du composé κατᾶξον (de … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄγνυμι, p. 26]

3. ἄγνυμι · agnymi — Frisk

ἄγνυμι, ἄξω, ἔαξα od. Aa, ἔᾶγα, ἅγην od. ἐἄγην (zu ἐάγη am Versende A 559 s. Wackernagel Unt. 141, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 18) ‘zerbrechen’. Seit Homer; gew. im Komp. κατάγνυμι mit ἃ aus -a-fay- (s. Björck Alpha impurum 42, 147 m. Lit.).— Zahlreiche Verbalnomina: ἀγή (&- sicher A.R. 1, 554: 4. 941 und Numen. ap. Ath. 7, 305a im sechsten Fuße: κύματος ἀγῇ, bzw. ἀγῆς; dagegen äyrjv, bzw. περιᾶγήν Arat. 668 und 688, … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγνυμι, p. 43]

4. ἄγνυμι · agnymi — Frisk

ἄγνυμι. Davon ἄγανον —= τὸ κατεαγός (8. Fr. 231), Faydvo δύο (Thespiai, 395—380), s. Taillardat-Roesch Rev. de phil. 3. ser. 40 (1966) 70-76. — Vgl. zu Payoc; dazu noch yaxrds (= F-)' κλάσμα H., von Latte in γακτύς verbessert (aber vgl. στρεπτός, σκησπτός und andere Subst. auf -röc). &yopd. Myk. a-ko-ra, a-ko-ra-jo, -ja = ἀγοραῖος, -ala (1). — Zu ἀγορατρός —= πυλαγόρας van Brock Vocab. medie. 35. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγνυμι, p. 2143]

5. ἄγνῡμι · agnymi — LSJ

break, shiver, broke, crashed through, to be broken, shivered, with a broken, winding, course, spread around

break, shiver, εἴσω δʼ ἀσπίδʼ ἔαξε Il. 7.270; ἦξε θεὰ ζυγόν 23.392; ἵπποι ἄξαντʼ ἐν πρώτῳ ῥυμῷ λίπον ἅρματα 16.371; νῆας . . ἔαξαν κύματα Od. 3.298; πρό τε κύματʼ ἔαξεν broke the waves, 5.385; ἄγνυτον ὕλην crashed through it, of wild boars, Il. 12.148; ἄγνυσι κεραυνόν APl. 16.250:—Pass., with pf. ἔᾱγα, to be broken, shivered, ἐν χείρεσσιν ἄγη ξίφος Il. 3.367. cf. 16.801; ἐν καυλῷ ἐάγη δολιχὸν δόρυ 13.162; πάταγος. . ἀγνυμενάων (sc. of the trees) 16.769; νηῶν θʼ ἅμα ἀγνυμενάων Od. 10.123; τοῦ [ὀϊ

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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. ἄγνυμι (scan pp. 60-61; entry #104).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄγνυμι (scan p. 26; entry #77).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄγνυμι (scan p. 43; entry #84).

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