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ἀγνύς

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What it meant

1. ἀγνύς · agnys — Beekes

ἀγνύς [f.] “weaving stones’ (Plu.). < PG(S)> eVAR -ὖθες [pl]. *ETYM See Chantraine 1933: 366. Probably a substrate word; suffixes of the type -ῦθare typical of Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀγνύς, p. 61]

2. ἀγνύς · agnys — Chantraine

ἀγνύς, -ῦθος : f. toujours au pluriel (pour l'accent voir Hdn. Gr. 2 763) ; selon Pollux 7,36, pierres (appelées aussi λεῖα) suspendues à la chaîne pour la tenir verticale dans l'ancienne manière de tisser, cf. Plutarque, Mor. 156 b. Et.: Les Indo-Européens savaient tisser et ὑφαίνω possède une étym. indo-européenne. Certains termes sont de formation purement grecque, et claire, comme ἱστός, στήμων. Mais ἀγνῦθες est … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀγνύς, p. 26]

3. ἀγνύς · agnys — Frisk

ἀγνύς. pl. -ῦϑες “Webersteine’ (Plu., Poll., Hdn.). Unerklärt. Verfehlt Prellwitz KZ 47,305f. Vgl.Chantraine Formation 366. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀγνύς, p. 43]

4. ἀγνύς · agnys — LSJ

loom-weight

loom-weight, in pl., Plu. Symp. 2.156b, cf. Poll. 7.36.

Where it came from

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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