Two Studies in Greek and Homeric Linguistics

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-3-525-25217-8
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 120, 177 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Reihe: Hypomnemata

The two studies are devoted, respectively, to the Greek verb heáo ‘let (alone), allow’ and to two obscure Homeric nominals – the genitive plural substantive heáon ‘(of) good things’ and the apparent masculine genitive singular adnominal heêoz (whose meaning is one of the problems addressed). “All about he(w)áo” makes a new proposal about the shape of the underlying root, discusses some difficult forms of the verb and then suggests a new etymology for it. “Good for You” argues that heêoz is in origin an epithet meaning ‘goodly, well favored’; that it is both a kunstsprachlich creation of epic language and, in an important usage, a “substitute” – motivated by formulaic “inflection” – for a second person possessive in a particular set of Homeric expressions; and that Greek eu-, eu-, heêoz and heáon ‘good(s)’ can all be derived from a single reconstructed stem.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nussbaum, Alan J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien