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νωλεμές

nolemes

without pause, unceasingly

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1. νωλεμές · nōlemes — Beekes

νωλεμές, -Ews [adv.] ‘without pause, unceasingly’ (Il.), usually verse-final with αἰεί; later ‘firmly’ (A. R.). 4GR?> *ETYM Probably a compound of privative *n- and a neuter "ὄλεμος, which is rather hypothetically compared with a word for ‘break, breakable’ in Germanic, e.g. OHG lam ‘crippled’, which may further belong to OCS lomiti ‘to break’, Lith. lémti ‘to ordain’, sg. lemit, and perhaps Olr. ro-laimethar ‘to … — [Beekes, s.v. νωλεμές, p. 1081]

2. νωλεμές · nōlemes — Chantraine

νωλεμές : «sans cesse, continuellement » (Hom., Tyrt.), généralement avec αἰεί en fin de vers, d'où « solidement » (Δ...) ; adv. νωλεμέως (Hom.). Et.: Probablement composé avec la particule négative, mais le second terme est obscur. On a supposé un neutre Ἔδλεμος, que l’on a rapproché de façon tres douteuse (8- étant une prothèse ou un préfixe?) de mots germaniques, celtiques et slaves, se rattachant à la notion de … — [Chantraine, s.v. νωλεμές, p. 778]

3. νωλεμές · nōlemes — Frisk

νωλεμές, -ἕως Adv. ‘rastlos, unablässig, unaufhörlich’ (ep. seit 1l.), ersteres gewöhnlich mit αἰεί am Versende; auch ‘fest’ (A. R.). — Wahrscheinlich ein Komp. aus priv. vfe)- (s. z.B. νωδός) und einem Nomen Ἐὄλεμος n., das von Fick BB 1, 170 ganz hypothetisch mit einem Wort für “zerbrechen, zerbrechlich’ in germ., z.B. ahd. Zam “"lahm’ u.a.m. verbunden wird. Näheres bei Bechtel Lex. s.v.; weitere Formen m. reicher … — [Frisk, s.v. νωλεμές, p. 1303]

4. νωλεμές · nōlemes — LSJ

without pause, unceasingly, firmly, persevere, without pause

without pause, unceasingly, ν. αἰεί Il. 9.317, 17.385, Od. 16.191, etc. ; οἱ δʼ αἰεὶ . . ν. ἐγχρίμπτοντο Il. 17.413 : without αἰεί, μάχην ἀλίαστον ἔχουσι ν. 14.58 ; later, firmly, ν. ἐρρίζωθεν A.R. 2.605 :—also νωλεμέως, πόνον τʼ ἐχέμεν καὶ ὀϊζὺν ν. Il. 13.3 ; ν. ἐχέμεν persevere, 5.492 ; but ν. κτείνοντο they were murdered without pause, i.e. one after the other, Od. 11.413.—Ep. word, used by Tyrt. 5.5, 12.17.

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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. νωλεμές (scan p. 1081; entry #4385). Root candidates: *lemH-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. νωλεμές (scan p. 778; entry #5706).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. νωλεμές (scan p. 1303; entry #4136).

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