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ἀκιδνός

akidnos

weak, small

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1. ἀκιδνός · akidnos — Beekes

ἀκιδνός [adj.] ‘weak, small’ (Od.). < PG?> *VARAKLOpdc (Cyr.). DER ἀκιδρωπάζω: ἀμβλυωττῷ ‘to be dim-sighted’ (H.). *ETYM Unexplained. The element -6v- may point to a substrate word. In view of the variant with -p-, Fur.: 388 assumes a substrate word with v/ p, though the interchange is rare (cf. mpdxvic). At 360, he compares σκιδαρόν: ἀραιόν “thin, slender’ (H.), which cannot be considered certain. Frisk also … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκιδνός, p. 98]

2. ἀκιδνός · akidnos — Chantraine

ἀκιδνός : « faible, petit » (Od., toujours au comparatif) ct. Od. 18,130 οὐδὲν ἀκιδνότερον γαῖα τρέφει ἀνθρώποιο ; mot ion, attesté chez Hp. et les poètes alexandrins. L'adjectif en ce qui concerne 16 suffixe entre dans une série définie (οἵ. Formation des noms, 194), où figurent notamment ἀλαπαδνός de même sens, et quelques autres termes de type comparable. ΄ ‘Si le -5- est suffixal on pourrait rapprocher ἀκχιρός … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀκιδνός, p. 61]

3. ἀκιδνός · akidnos — Frisk

ἀκιδνός ‘schwach, winzig’ (ep., auch Hp.). Unerklärt. Leere Vermutungen sind bei Bq notiert. Zur Bildung Schwyzer 489, Chantraine Formation 194. Nebenform ἀκιδρός (Kyrills Gloss.) mit ἀκιδροωπάξω" ἀμβλυωπῶ H. Vgl. ἀκιρός. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκιδνός, p. 83]

4. ἀκιδνός · akidnos — Frisk

ἀκιδνός (nur Komp. ἀκιδνότερος) nach Pisani zu κιδνόν (s.d.). Weitere Einzelheiten m. Lit. bei Chantr. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκιδνός, p. 2150]

5. ἀκιδνός · akidnos — LSJ

weak, feeble, insipid

weak, feeble, Hom. only in Od., always in Comp., εἶδος ἀκιδνότερος 8.169, cf. 5.217, 18.130, cf. Nic. Th. 224; later in Posit., δμωαί Man. 2.178: Sup. -ότατον, βέλεμνον Nonn. D. 7.270; insipid, ἔδεσμα Archestr. Fr. 38 B. (s. v.l., καὶ κεδνόν Meineke, Brandt).—Ep. word, also in Hp., ἰατρός Praec. 8: δύναμις Nat.Puer. 30.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀκιδνός (scan p. 98; entry #288).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀκιδνός (scan p. 61; entry #291).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀκιδνός (scan p. 83; entry #274).

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