1. ἀλίγκιος · alinkios — Beekes
The corpus record
ἀλίγκιος
aligkios
like, resembling
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Where it lives
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
ἀλίγκιος [adj.] ‘like, resembling’ (Il.). «Ὁ» eVAR More frequent is ἐναλίγκιος, *ETYM Unexplained. The comparison with OCS lice ‘face, cheek’ etc. is uncertain. The a- has been interpreted as the zero grade of év-, but this is not likely. See Beekes 1969: 25ff. contra Seiler KZ 75 (1957): 11-16. Note that an IE root cannot have the structure *lein(k)-. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀλίγκιος, p. 114]
2. ἀλίγκιος · alinkios — Chantraine
ἀλίγκιος, -ov: «semblable à» (ZI. 6,401, Od. 8,174, Emp. 23,5, Æsch. Pr. 449). Le composé ἐναλίγκιος (Hom., poètes) est plus fréquent, — 61 — εις ἅλις le préverbe ἐν y marque la permanence et prend ainsi une valeur de renforcement (οἵ. Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,436, voir aussi Strôomberg, Greek Prefiz Siludies 120 sqq.). Et.: Hypothétique. On a rapproché v. 5]. lice « visage ». ἢ reste à expliquer la « prothèse » & : … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀλίγκιος, p. 74]
3. ἀλίγκιος · alinkios — Frisk
ἀλίγκιος "gleich, ähnlich’ (ep. poet.). Unerklärt. Der Vergleich mit aksl.lice “Gesicht, Wange’ und anderen slavischen Wörtern (8. Bq) ist willkürlich, vgl. WP. 2, 399. Gewöhnlicher als dAiyxıos ist das ebenfalls poetische ἐναλίγκιος, dessen genaues Verhältnis zum „Simplex‘“ sich nicht feststellen läßt; vgl. Strömberg Greek Prefix Studies 120ff. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλίγκιος, p. 103]
4. ἀλίγκιος · alinkios — Frisk
ἀλίγκιος. Zu aksl. lice usw. auch Seiler ΚΖ 75 (1958) 11ff. mit d- ausn zu &v-; in ἐναλίγκιος wäre &v- nachträglich hinzugefügt. Anders Gro$elj Ziva Ant. 6 (1956) 50; zu got. leik n. “Leib, Leiche’ usw. (Pok. 667). — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλίγκιος, p. 2152]
5. ἀλίγκιος · alinkios — LSJ
resembling, like
resembling, like, ἀ. ἀστέρι καλῳ Il. 6.401; ἀ. ἀθανάτοισιν Od. 8.174; εἴδεα πᾶσιν ἀ., of paintings, Emp. 23.5; σοὶ φυὰν ἀ. B. 5.168; ὀνειράτων ἀ. μορφαῖσι A. Pr. 449; ἀ. ἡρώεσσιν IG 14.1356, cf. Arat. 462, A.R. 4.966, etc.:—but compd. ἐναλίγκιος is more freq.
In the wild
- ἀλίγκιοι · alinkioi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 447–451
- ἀλίγκιον · alinkion Iliad 6.401
- ἀλίγκιος · alinkios Odyssey 8.174
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλίγκιος (scan p. 114; entry #357).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀλίγκιος (scan pp. 74-75; entry #376).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλίγκιος (scan p. 103; entry #351).
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