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νοῦθος

nouthos

dull

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What it meant

1. νοῦθος · nouthos — Beekes

νοῦθος [adj.] only as an epithet of δοῦπος (Hes. Fr. 48), ‘dull’ vel sim. «τεῦ *sneud'- ‘cloud, dark’, PG?> © *ETYM Solmsen Glotta 2 (1910): 75f. adduces νυθόν: ἄφωνον, σκοτεινόν ‘mute, dark’, and νυθῶδες: σκοτεινῶδες (H.), comparing the IE word for ‘cloud’ in Av. snaoéa-, Lat. niibés, etc; cf. on » νυστάζω. However, the two glosses adduced, together with νοῦθος, may also form a Pre-Greek etymon (thus Fur.: 120%). … — [Beekes, s.v. νοῦθος, p. 1076]

2. νοῦθος · nouthos — Chantraine

νοῦθος : épithète de δοῦπος (Hés. fr. 48) «sourd », mais Haän. 2,947 pose un substantif signifiant ψόφος ἐν οὔδει d’où l'hypothèse de West (Hés. fr. 158 MerkelbachWest) ποδῶν ὕπο νοῦθος ὀρώρει. Et.: Solmsen, Gi. 3, 1910, 75, rapproche les gloses d'Hsch. νυθόν : ἄφωνον, σκοτεινόν ; νυθῶδες ᾿ σχοτεινῶδες et évoque les noms i.-e, du nuage, lat, nübès, gall. nudd, peut-être l'hapax avest. snaoBa-, οἵ, Pokony 978, vü : … — [Chantraine, s.v. νοῦθος, p. 775]

3. νοῦθος · nouthos — LSJ

tramp

tramp of feet, ν. δὲ ποδῶν ὑπόδουπος ὀρώρει Hes. Fr. 48.

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