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τέμενος

temenos

separated piece of land, precinct, holy area

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What it meant

1. τέμενος · temenos — Beekes

τέμενος [n.] ‘separated piece of land, precinct, holy area’ (IL, epic Ion.). «1Ὲ *temh,- ‘cut, separate’> eVAR Myc. te-me-no. *COMP Rarely asa first member, e.g. τεμεν-ουρός [m.] ‘guard of at’ (Cnidos). *DER 1. τεμέν-ιος ‘belonging to the +. (S, Chios IV*), -ia [f.] epithet of Ἑστία (Erythrae III*); ἐντεμέν-ιοι θεοί (Milete, Priene). 2. -ἰκός ‘id’ (Anaxandr.[?], St. Byz., EM). 3. -ity¢ [m.] epithets of various gods, … — [Beekes, s.v. τέμενος, p. 1515]

2. τέμε-νος · teme-nos — Chantraine

1. τέμε-νος «terrain, domaine découpé, apanage », aussi « domaine d’un dieu, sanctuaire » (Hom., ion.-att., etc.), le mycén. a déjà femeno, désignant un domaine réservé au wanaz où au läwägetäs, cf. Morpurgo, Lexicon s.u. Rares composés, p. ex., τεμεν-ουρός m. « gardien d'un lemenos » (Cnide). Quelques dérivés qui ne sont pas très anciens : 1}. τεμένιος «qui appartient au femenos » (S., Chios τνϑ 5. av.), -ία ἢ. … — [Chantraine, s.v. τέμε-νος, p. 1123]

3. τέμενος · temenos — Frisk

τέμενος n. ‘abgesondertes Stück Land, Krongut, heiliger Bezirk’ (ep. ion. poet. seit Il.), myk. te-me-no. Ganz vereinzelt als Vorderglied, z. B. τεμεν-ουρός m. "Wächter eines τ. (Knidos). — Wenige Ableitungen: 1. τεμέν-ιος "zum τ. gehörig” (S., Chios 874 τέμνοντα--- τέμνω 1γ5), -ἰα f. Beiname d. “Eoria (Erythrae 1118}; ἐντεμέν-ιοι ϑεοί (Hypostase; Miletos, Priene). 2. -ıxöc “ds.” (Anaxandr.?, St. Byz., EM). 3. -ἰτης … — [Frisk, s.v. τέμενος, p. 1845]

4. τέμενος · temenos — Frisk

τέμενος. Zur Bed.noch Van Effenterre REGr. 80 (1967) 17-26. — [Frisk, s.v. τέμενος, p. 2310]

5. τέμεν-ος · temen-os — LSJ

a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain

a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain, esp. to kings and chiefs, καὶ μέν οἱ [Βελλεροφόντῃ] Λύκιοι τ. τάμον ἔξοχον ἄλλων καλὸν φυταλιῆς καὶ ἀρούρης, ὄφρα νέμοιτο Il. 6.194, cf. 20.184, 391; τ. περικαλλὲς . . πεντηκοντόγυον 9.578, cf. 12.313; τ. βασιλήϊον 18.550; δμῶες Ὀδυσσῆος τ. μέγα κοπρίσσοντες Od. 17.299, cf. 6.293: in pl., τεμένεα 11.185; τεμένη, μέρος τιμῆς Arist. Rh. 1361a35.

II a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, precinct, sacred valley, grove, groves

a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, precinct, ἔνθα τέ οἱ τ. βωμός τε θυήεις Il. 8.48, cf. 2.696, al., Pi. N. 10.19, IG 1(2).94.29, etc.; τὸ τ. τῶν ἡρῴων Test.Epict. 2.13; in it stood the temple or shrine, Hdt. 2.112, 155, 3.142; Πρωτεσίλεω τάφος τε καὶ τ. περὶ αὐτόν Id. 9.116: hence the Pythian race-course is called a τέμενος, Pi. P. 5.33; Syracuse is the τ. Ἄρεος ib. 2.2; the sacred valley of the Nile is the Νείλοιο πῖον τ. Κρονίδα ib. 4.56; the lake formed by th

III temple

temple, ἄγαμαι τοῦ τ. τῆς ὀροφῆς Chor.p.88 B., cf. p.116 B.

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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. τέμενος (scan pp. 1515-1516; entry #6006).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τέμενος (scan pp. 1845-1846; entry #5592).

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