ῥίμφα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

A formation morphologically similar to that of the unrelated τάχα (tákha, “quickly”), though with a root of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Hellenic *wrenkʷʰa, from Proto-Indo-European *wrengʷʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”), whence Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, wring”) and Lithuanian rangùs (“flexible”), reñgti (“to prepare”).[1] Compare also German gering (“little, low”), which may be from the same root.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

ῥίμφᾰ • (rhímpha)

  1. fast, quickly, rapidly, nimbly, in an agile manner

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥίμφα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1286
  2. ^ “gering” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

  • “ῥίμφα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ῥίμφα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ῥίμφα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ῥίμφα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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