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ἴφθιμος

iphthimos

powerful, strong, vigilant

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What it meant

1. ἴφθιμος · iphthimos — Beekes

ἴφθιμος [adj.) ‘powerful, strong, vigilant’ (Hom., Theoc., D. P.). *ETYM Uncertain etymology, as the meaning itself is uncertain. The absence of a digamma (Chantraine 1942: 143) makes connection with ic, ig. impossible. Kuiper Glotta 21 (1933): 289ff. and Kuiper ZH 8 (1930): 249f.) connected it with φθάνω and Skt. ksdyati ‘possess, dominate’; doubts in Schwyzer: 326°. Athanassakis Glotta 49 (1971): 1-21 … — [Beekes, s.v. ἴφθιμος, p. 653]

2. ἴφθιμος · iphthimos — Chantraine

ἴφθιμος : «fort», dit de parties du corps (d’humains ou d'animaux}, οἵ. JE. 23,260 : βοῶν ἴφθιμα κάρηνα ; d'hommes, de femmes, etc. (Hom., exceptionnellement Théoc., D.P.). Et. : Le suffixe est-il -oc, -Tuoc, -θῖμος Ὁ L'absence de F initial chez Hom. interdit de tenter un rapprochement avec te, ἴφι, etc. Pas d’étymologie. Les étymologies citées chez Frisk sont invraisemblables. bios, voir ἴς. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἴφθιμος, p. 487]

3. ἴφθῑμος · iphthimos — LSJ

stout, strong, comely, stately, strong, powerful

stout, strong, of bodily strength, ὤμοις ἰ. Il. 18.204; κρατὶ ἐπʼ ἰ. 3.336; ἰ. ποταμῶν 17.749; βοῶν ἴ. κάρηνα 23.260; of heroes, ἴ. ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, 1.3, 11.55; of Hades, Od. 10.534; also, of women, comely, stately, ἰ. βασίλεια 16.332; ἄλοχος Il. 5.415, Theoc. 17.128; παράκοιτις Od. 23.92, etc.; θυγάτηρ 15.364; Πηρώ 11.287: later, generally, strong, powerful, ἰφθίμης φιλότητος D.P. 655:—Hom. uses ἰφθίμη of women; but ἴφθιμοι ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, speaking of men. (No ϝ-; prob. not cogn. with ἴς, ἶφι.)

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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. ἴφθιμος (scan p. 653; entry #2776).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἴφθιμος (scan p. 487; entry #3458).

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