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Ἁλοσύδνη

alosudne

salt

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What it meant

1. ἁλοσύδνη · halosydnē — Beekes

ἁλοσύδνη [adj.] epithet of Thetis (Y 207), of the Nereids (A. R. 4, 1599), name of a sea goddess (δ 404). Mg. unknown. IE? *seh,-I- ‘salt’, *ud-n- ‘water’, PG?> DIAL Myc. a.-rof Ju-do-pi has been interpreted as /halos hudo(t)p*i/. *ETYM Connected with » ἅλς and » ὕδωρ as “wave of the sea”. The glosses ὕδναι: ἔγγονοι, σύντροφοι ‘born inside, raised together with (2?) and ὕδνης εἰδώς, ἔμπειρος ‘knowing, experienced’ … — [Beekes, s.v. ἁλοσύδνη, p. 121]

2. ἁλοσύδνη · halosydnē — Chantraine

ἁλοσύδνη : f., épith. de Thétis (IL 20,207), cf. Od. 4,404 φῶκαι νέποδες καλῆς ἁλοσύδνης ; enfin Ap. R., 4, 1599, épithète des Néréides. Sens et étymologie incertains. Les grammairiens anciens comprennent fille de la mer, mais la glose d'Hsch. ὕδναι * ἔγγονοι, σύντροφοι est considérée généralement comme tirée de ἁλοσύδνη ; à ὕδναι il faut joindre le dénom. ὑδνεῖν * τρέφειν, χρύδειν, αὔξειν qui en serait issu; pour … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἁλοσύδνη, p. 78]

3. ἁλοσύδνη · halosydnē — Frisk

ἁλοσύδνη f. Beiwort der Thetis Y 207, der Nereiden A. R.4, 1599, — [Frisk, s.v. ἁλοσύδνη, p. 107]

4. Ἁλοσύδνη · Halosydnē — LSJ

epith. of Thetis, Il. 20.207; νέποδες καλῆς ἁλοσύδνης, of seals, Od. 4.404 (expl. by Gramm. as ‘child of the seaʼ); of Nereids, A.R. 4.1599; cf. ὑδατοσύδνη. (Perh. containing the root of ὕδωρ.)

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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. Ἁλοσύδνη (scan p. 121; entry #390).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Ἁλοσύδνη (scan p. 78; entry #406).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Ἁλοσύδνη (scan p. 107; entry #380).

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