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ἄκμηνος

akmenos

fasting (from foody (11, only in T). 41Ὲ *kemh,- ‘get tired

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What it meant

1. ἄκμηνος · akmēnos — Beekes

ἄκμηνος [adj.) ‘fasting (from foody (11, only in T). 41Ὲ *kemh,- ‘get tired’> *ETYM A scholion on T 163 derives it from Aeol. ἄκμα, which Hesychius explains as νηστεία, ἔνδεια ‘fasting, need’. Bechtel 1914 compares κομῶσα- γέμουσα ‘filling’ (H.), which would point to privative ἀ- and a zero grade -κμη- ‘to fill’; this is highly uncertain. Fur.: 369 compares Old Georg. si-qmili ‘hunger’, etc., which is very uncertain … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄκμηνος, p. 99]

2. ἄκμηνος · akmēnos — Chantraine

ἄκμηνος : «à jeun » (II. 19,207, 346 ; avec un compiément au génitif 1]. 19,163, 320), en outre chez Call. Nie., Lyc. - L'adjectif est donné par le sch. comme tiré ἀδ l'éolien ἄκμη (sic). Cf. EM 49,39 qui donne également le mot comme éolien et Hsch. ἄκμα ᾿ νηστεία, ἔνδεια. El. : Pas d'étymologie établie : outre Frisk, voir Bechtel, Lezilogus s.u. et Gr. Diat. 1,117, Pisani., An. Fil. CL 5,93. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄκμηνος, p. 62]

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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. ἄκμηνος (scan p. 99; entry #296).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄκμηνος (scan p. 62; entry #298).

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