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διηνεκής

dienekes

uninterrupted, definite, exact

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What it meant

1. διηνεκής · diēnekēs — Beekes

διηνεκής [adj.] ‘uninterrupted, definite, exact’ (Il; on the mg, Luther 1935: 64f.). eVAR Artificially Attic (Dorianized) διᾶνεκής (Schwyzer: 190), τέως. eETYM From δι(α)-ενεκ-ἧς with compositional lengthening (cf. ποδ-ηνεκής) to ἐνεγκεῖν, ἐνεχ-θῆναι; see Schwyzer: 513. The simplex ἠνεκής (Emp.) arose by decomposition. See also δουρηνεκής (s.v. » δόρυ). On the long -1)-, see Bonfante Riv. fil. class. 97 (1969): … — [Beekes, s.v. διηνεκής, p. 380]

2. διηνεκής · diēnekēs — Chantraine

διηνεκής : dor. διᾶνεκήῆς (SEG 1,527, Calatis), cf. SIG 793, Cos ; αἴξ. διάνεκςἧς (Anaxandr. 6), la quantité longue de l'& n'est évidemment pas assurée par les textes de prose comme PL Hp. Ma. 301 δ; chez Corinne 657 P, Hepb. seande διανεκῶς comme trissyilabe avec 119 syllabe brève. Sens : « continu, d’une seule pièce, allongé » (Hom., att., helién.), «qui dure, perpétuel » (PL Lois 839 a). Le neuire διηνεχές et … — [Chantraine, s.v. διηνεκής, p. 296]

3. διηνεκής · diēnekēs — Frisk

διηνεκής künstlich attisch (dorisiert) διάνεκής (Schwyzer 190 m. Lit.), -ἰως Adv. “ununterbrochen, stetig, endgültig, genau’ (ep. ion. seit Il., hell.; zur Bed. Luther „Wahrheit“ und „Lüge“ 64f.). — Aus δι(α) -ἐνεκ-ἧς mit kompositioneller Dehnung (vgl. ποδ-ηνεκής u. a.) zu ἐνεγκεῖν, ἐνεχ-ϑῆνοι; zur Bildung des verbalen Hinterglieds Schwyzer 513. Das Simplex ἠνεκής (Emp., hell. Dichter) ist aus den Komposita … — [Frisk, s.v. διηνεκής, p. 423]

4. διηνεκής · diēnekēs — LSJ

continuous, unbroken, cut the whole length, regularity, perpetual, from beginning to end, distinctly, positively, without ceasing, perpetuity, invariably, perpetual

continuous, unbroken, ἀτραπιτοί τε διηνεκέες Od. 13.195; νώτοισι . . διηνεκέεσσι with slices cut the whole length of the chine, Il. 7.321; ῥίζαι, ῥάβδοι, 12.134, 297; εἰ ὦλκα διηνεκέα προταμοίμην Od. 18.375; so δ. σώματα Pl. Hp.Ma. 301b, cf. Anaxandr. 6, BGU 646.22 (ii A. D.); ὄρος δ. Str. 3.1.3; κανών IG 7.3073.108 (Lebad., ii B. C.); τὸ δ. regularity, Gal. 2.355; of Time, perpetual, δ. νυκτί Luc. VH 1.19; δικτάτωρ εἰς τὸ δ. App. BC 1.4. Adv. διηνεκέως in phrase δ. ἀγορεύειν to tell from beginn

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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. διηνεκής (scan p. 380; entry #1707).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. διηνεκής (scan p. 296; entry #2027).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. διηνεκής (scan p. 423; entry #1562).

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