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ἀλισγ-έω

alisgeo

to pollute

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What it meant

1. ἀλισγέω · alisgeō — Beekes

ἀλισγέω [v.] ‘to pollute’ (LXX). *ETYM Ritual term of unknown origin. Fur. 298 compares Atyvic ‘smoke, soot’, which supposes a prothetic vowel and interchange o/zero before velar (highly uncertain). Still, the group -oy- often occurs in substrate words, see Pre-Greek 2a, 17. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀλισγέω, p. 116]

2. ἀλισγέω- · alisgeō- — Chantraine

ἀλισγέω- « souiller », notamment à l'aoriste passif ἀλισγηθῆναι (LXX); composé ouv- (Leitre d'Aristée 142). Dérivé ἀλίσγημα (Act. Ap. 15,20). Et.: Terme rituel, apparaissant chez les Septante et dont l'étymoilngie est inconnue. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀλισγέω-, p. 76]

3. ἀλισγέω · alisgeō — Frisk

ἀλισγέω ‘verunreinigen’ (LXX). Davon dAloynua “Verunreinigung’ (Act. Ap.). — Expressives Wort unbekannter Herkunft. Βα erinnert an ἀλίνειν. Kontamination mit einem anderen Wort? — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλισγέω, p. 104]

4. ἀλισγ-έω · alisg-eō — LSJ

pollute

pollute, LXX Da. 1.8, al.

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