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νήχῠτος

nechutos

streaming richly, overflowing

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What it meant

1. νήχυτος · nēchytos — Beekes

νήχυτος [adj.] ‘streaming richly, overflowing’, of ὕδωρ, ἄλμη, ἱδρώς, etc. (Hell. poetry). VAR On ἐπινήχυτος ‘id.’ (δῶρα, Orph. A. 39, 312) see below. *ETYM Can hardly be separated from other frequent formations in -χυτος (from Xéw), like ἀμφί-χυτος, ἀ-διά-χυτος, οἰνό-χυτος; in this case, νη- must be secondary. However, since the compound ἐπινήχυτος clearly belongs to ἐπινήχομαι, the question arises whether … — [Beekes, s.v. νήχυτος, p. 1071]

2. νήχυτος · nēchytos — Frisk

νήχυτος ‘reichlich strömend, überfließend'‘, ὕδωρ, ἅλμη, ἱδρώς u.a. (hell. Dichtung); zu ἐπινήχυτος ‘de. (δῶρα, Orph. A. 39, 312) 8. unten. — Kann von den übrigen zahlreichen Bildungen auf «χυτος (: χέω) wie aupixv-ros, ἀ-διάχυ-τος, οἴνό-χυτος schwerlich getrennt werden; dabei ist das νη-» das (im Gegensatz Zu γήριτος, νηκερδής, vnAeng usw.) intensiv sein muß, als eine künstliche Bildung zu verstehen (Schwyzer 431 … — [Frisk, s.v. νήχυτος, p. 1291]

3. νήχῠτος · nēchytos — LSJ

full-flowing, juicy

full-flowing, ὕδωρ Philet. 21, A.R. 3.530; ἅλμη Id. 4.1367; εὐρώς Call. Fr. 313; ἱδρώς Nic. Al. 587; ἀήρ Q.S. 1.417; ν. ὄρπηξ a juicy sapling, Nic. Th. 33. (Prob. formed on the supposition that νη- had an intens. force.)

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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