Two Studies in Greek and Homeric Linguistics
By (author) Alan J. Nussbaum
Paperback (Out of print)
(September 1998)
ISBN: 9783525252178
6.06 x 9.13 inches
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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.
- By (author) Alan J. Nussbaum
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