1. νωπέομαι · nōpeomai — Beekes
The corpus record
νωπέομαι
nopeomai
to be downcast
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What it meant
νωπέομαι [v.] ‘to be downcast’, = δυσωπεῖσθαι ‘to shun, disapprove of (Ion. Hist. Phot.). «Ὁ» | eVAR νενώπηται: τεταπείνωται, καταπέπληκται ‘is humble, is struck with amazement’ (H., Phot.). eETYM Cf. » προνωπής. Alternatively, does it derive from vwy- ἀσθενὴς τῇ ὄψει ‘weak qua sight’ (H.)? vwpei [v.] - ἐνεργεῖ ‘is effective, operates’ (H.). «1Εὖ *noHr-> eETYM It has been compared with Lith. néras ‘will and nériu, … — [Beekes, s.v. νωπέομαι, p. 1081]
2. νωπέομαι · nōpeomai — Chantraine
νωπέομαι : «être abattu, déconcerté » (Ion Hist. 1). Phot. glose νενώπηται καταπέπληκται καὶ κατεστύγναχεν ; Hsch. νενώπηται ᾿ τεταπείνωται, καταπέπληκται. Et: Voir προνωπήῆς. Le rapprochement avec vod * ἀσθενὴς τῇ ὄψει (Hsch.), n’est pas plausible. — [Chantraine, s.v. νωπέομαι, p. 778]
3. νωπέομαι · nōpeomai — Frisk
νωπέομαι "niedergeschlagen sein, δυσωπεῖσϑαι (IonHist., Phot.). νενώπηται: τεταπείνωται, κπαταπέπληκται H., Phot. — Vgl. προνωπής. Oder von νώψ' ἀσϑενὴς τῇ ὄψει H. (Bag)? — [Frisk, s.v. νωπέομαι, p. 1303]
4. νωπέομαι · nōpeomai — LSJ
to be downcast
to be downcast, lon Hist. 1, Phot. s.v. νενώπηται (Hsch. also has ἐνώπηται (sic)).
Where it came from
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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