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παυνί

pauni

small

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What it meant

1. παῦνι · pauni — Beekes

παῦνι [3] mg. uncertain (Hipp. 79 M.). «Ὁ *VAR παῦνι- μικρόν: ol δὲ μέγα: ἤ ἀγαθόν ‘small’, others say ‘big’ or ‘good’; παῦνις: ἀποχρέως ‘sufficient’; παῦνον: μέγα (all H.). eETYM If the explanation as ‘small’ is correct, one might connect it with παῦρος. — [Beekes, s.v. παῦνι, p. 1209]

2. παῦνι · pauni — Chantraine

παῦνι : sans contexte éclairant (Hipp. 79 M); à côté des gloses d'Hsch. παυνί " μωιρόν ᾿ οἱ δὲ μέγα ‘ ἢ ἀγαθόν ; παῦνις * ἀποχρέως ; παῦνον ᾿ μέγα ; ces gloses sont peu conciliables et la première p.-8. interpolée. Mais si un παῦνι " μικρόν avait bien existé, il pourrait être apparenté à παῦρος. — [Chantraine, s.v. παῦνι, p. 882]

3. παυνί · pauni — LSJ

= ἡ πέμπτη (Samothrac.), Id.

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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