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τινθᾰλέος

tinthaleos

boiling hot

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What it meant

1. τινθαλέος · tinthaleos — Beekes

τινθαλέος [adj.] ‘boiling hot’ (Nic, Nonn.). *COMP δια-τινθαλέος ‘id.’ (Ar. V. 329; cf. διά-θερμος). *ETYM Formation from » τινθός after αὐαλέος, etc. The meaning of »τινθός is unclear: perhaps ‘hot steam’, of a kettle (Lyc. 36)? It has been compared with τιντόνἑφθόν ‘boiled’ (H., but alphabetically incorrect). The variation 1/0 in the gloss (if it is reliable) points to a Pre-Greek word (Fur: 191). — [Beekes, s.v. τινθαλέος, p. 1537]

2. τινθαλέος · tinthaleos — Chantraine

τινθαλέος : «très chaud, bouillant » (Nic., Call. fr. 247, dit d'un bain, Nonn.), et δια-τινθαλέος (Ar. Guëpes 329) ayant le même préfixe que διάτθερμος; même suffixe que dans αὐαλέος, αὐσταλέος, καυαλέος, cf. Chantraine, Formation 253-254. Parallèlement τινθός «vapeur d’eau brûlante » s'échappant d’un chaudron (Lyc. 36 où la scholie donne τῷ κύτει καὶ διαχωρήματι). Hsch. ἃ la glose (hors de la place alphabétique) … — [Chantraine, s.v. τινθαλέος, p. 1139]

3. τινθᾰλέος · tinthaleos — LSJ

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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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