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αἱμύλος

aimulos

flattering

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1. αἱμύλος · haimylos — Beekes

αἱμύλος [adj.] conventionally translated as ‘flattering’, mostly said of words (Hes.); acc. to Guntert 1921: 103, it means ‘wily’; Weiss HSPh. 98 (1998): 31-61 points to the semantics of spellbinding, e.g. in αἱμυλίοισι λόγοισι // θέλγει. «Ὁ» VAR Also αἱμύλιος (Od.). eETYM The suffix is also found in στωμύλος ‘talkative’. A direct connection with OHG seim ‘virgin honey’ is impossible (see on » αἷμα), as this etymon … — [Beekes, s.v. αἱμύλος, p. 86]

2. αἱμύλος · haimylos — Chantraine

αἱμύλος : adj. etrompeur », cette tromperie étant généralement réalisée par un langage flatteur, dit surtout de paroles, cf. Hes. Tr. 374 αἱμύλα κωτίλλουσα à propos d'une femme ; plus rarement dit de personnes (S. Aj. 389), de renards (Ar. Lys. 1268), de l'amour (PI. Phar. 237 b); avec le doublet métrique αἱμύλιος (Od. 1,56, H. Herm. 317, Hes. Th. 890). Mot poëtique. Composés : αἱμυλομήτης, épithète d'Hermès (H. … — [Chantraine, s.v. αἱμύλος, p. 49]

3. αἱμύλος · haimylos — Frisk

αἱμύλος, auch (als metrische Variante) αἱμύλιος (ep. und poet.). Davon αἱμυλία (Plu.). Meist von Worten gebraucht und gewöhnlich mit ‘schmeichelnd’ wiedergegeben. — Zur Bildung vgl. στωμύλος “geschwätzig’”. Direkter Zusammenhang mit ahd. seim “Honigseim’ (Schrader ΚΖ 30, 463) ist semantisch ansprechend, aber natürlich ganz unsicher. — Von Güntert Götter und Geister 103 als „listig berechnend“ zu αἵμων gezogen. — [Frisk, s.v. αἱμύλος, p. 70]

4. αἱμύλος · haimylos — LSJ

wheedling, wily

wheedling, wily, mostly of words, αἱμύλα κωτίλλουσα Hes. Op. 374; μῦθος Pi. N. 8.33, cf. Ar. Eq. 687; also αἱ. μηχαναί A. Pr. 208; μὴ κλωπὸς αἴνει φωτὸς αἱμύλον δόρυ E. Rh. 709; of persons, τὸν αἱμυλώτατον S. Aj. 389 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Phdr. 237b, Lyc. 1124; of foxes, Ar. Lys. 1268 (lyr.).

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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. αἱμύλος (scan p. 86; entry #226).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἱμύλος (scan p. 49; entry #221).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἱμύλος (scan p. 70; entry #210).

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