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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally considered a derivative of ἄημι (áēmi, “to breathe, blow”), but there are formal issues. Fritz instead derives the word from the zero-grade *h₂sut- of Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt- (“to roil, seethe”), whence also Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe, boil”) and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs, “sacrifice”) (< o-grade *h₂sowt-); this derivation is preferred by Beekes for phonetic and semantic soundness.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.yːt.mɛ̌ː/ → /a.ytˈmi/ → /a.itˈmi/
Noun
ἀῡ̈τμή • (aṻtmḗ) f (genitive ἀῡ̈τμῆς); first declension
- breath; scent
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “ἀϋτμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀϋτμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀϋτμή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀϋτμή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀϋτμή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- ἀϋτμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀϋτμή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)