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ἀλίβας

alibas

corpse, dead person

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1. ἀλίβας · alibas — Beekes

ἀλίβας, -avtos [m.] ‘corpse, dead person’ (Pl. Resp. 387c, H.), also of the Styx (S. Fr. 790) and metaph. of wine-vinegar (Hippon.). eVAR aXiBac: νεκρός ἧ βροῦχος ἦ ποταμός ἦ ὄξος ‘corpse, βροῦχος, river, vinegar’ (H.); for other glosses see Peiffer ad Call. fr. 216 (v.l a-; perhaps the vowel is long). *ETYM The ancient explanation as ‘sapless’, with privative ἀ- and λιβάς, is based on popular etymology. The … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀλίβας, p. 114]

2. ἀλίβας · alibas — Frisk

ἀλίβας, -αντος m. “Leichnam, Gestorbener” (Pl. R.387c, H.), auch von Styx (5. Fr. 790) und übertragen vom Weinessig (Hippon., Kall.). — Die antike Erklärung als ‘saftlos’ aus a privativum und λιβάς ist leere Spekulation; die modernen Erklärer sind aber nicht glücklicher gewesen. Lit.: Lawson ClassRev. 40, 52ff., 116ff.; v. Wilamowitz Herm. δά, 64; Immisch Arch. f. Religionswiss. 14, 449f.; Wahrmann Glotta 17, … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλίβας, p. 102]

3. ἀλίβας · alibas — Frisk

ἀλίβας. Pelasgische Erklärung bei Van Windekens KZ 77 (1961) 868. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλίβας, p. 2152]

4. ἀλίβας · alibas — LSJ

dead body, corpse

dead body, corpse, ἔνεροι καὶ ἀλίβαντες Pl. R. 387c, cf. IPE 12.519 (Cherson.).

2 dead river, Styx

dead river, i.e. Styx, S. Fr. 790 (cf. 994).

3 dead wine, vinegar, dry, withered

dead wine, i.e. vinegar, Hippon. 102; ἔβηξαν οἷον (v.l. οἶνον) ἀλίβαντα (or ἁλίβ-, i.e. οἱ ἀλίβ-) πίνοντες Call. Fr. 88; cf. EM 63.52. (Ancient Gramm. derived the word fr. ἀ- priv., λιβάς and gave it the meaning dry, withered, cf. Did. ap. Sch. Ar. Ra. 186, Corn. ND 35, Plu. QConv. 2.736a; the quantity of the first a is dub.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλίβας (scan p. 114; entry #355).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλίβας (scan p. 102; entry #349).

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