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ὑσμίνη

usmine

battle, fight

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1. ὑσμίνη · hysminē — Beekes

ὑσμίνη [{.] ‘battle, fight’ (Il, epic, lyr.). «Ἰεῦ *Hiud'-(s)mo-, PG?(s)> VAR Dat. also -ἶνι (μάχεσθαι [verse-final] B 863, © 56). *DER ὑσμιναταί [m.pl.] name of a phyle (Epid.). eETYM If the word was inherited from PIE, we have to posit a basis *bopdc (with analogical -opo- for *-p0-?) which can be compared with Skt. yudh-mda- [m.] ‘warrior’, to Ir. *Hiud'- ‘to battle’ from PIE *Hieud"- ‘to move’. Gr. ὑσμίνη can be … — [Beekes, s.v. ὑσμίνη, p. 1589]

2. ὑσμίνη · hysminē — Chantraine

ὑσμίνη : f. (Hom., lyr., etc.), aussi le datif athématique ὑσμῖνι [μάχεσθαι] fin de vers dans 11. 2,863 ; 8,56, « mêlée, combat ». Dérivé Ὑσμιναταί nom d’une tribu à Épidaure, formation comparable à μαχητῆς, alyunrhc. Le mot ὑσμίνη est tiré d'un vieux dérivé athématique attesté par ὑσμῖνι, comme &Axñ à côté de ἀλκί, cf. Egli, Heteroklisie 12, Chantraine, Gr. Hom. 1,231. Il équivaut en gros à μάχη, πόλεμος, mais dans … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὑσμίνη, p. 1181]

3. ὑσμίνη · hysminē — LSJ

fight, battle, combat, of the fight, the fight

fight, battle, combat, κατὰ κρατερὴν ὑ. Il. 5.84, al.; κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑ. ib. 200; ἐν σταδίῃ ὑ. 13.314; ἐν ὑ. δηϊοτῆτος 20.245; πρώτῃ ἐν ὑ. in the front of the fight, 15.340; ὑσμίνηνδε to the fight, 2.477; ὑσμίναν φέροντες B. 12.144:—in Il. 2.863, 8.56, we have a metaplast. Ep. dat. ὑσμῖνι as if from ὑσμίν or ὑσμίς. (Cf. Skt. yúdh fem. ‘battle’, yúdhyati ‘fight’.)

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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. ὑσμίνη (scan p. 1589; entry #6262).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὑσμίνη (scan p. 1181; entry #8282).

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