[B-Greek] FUSIOW
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 6 18:52:36 EDT 2004
At 11:16 PM +0100 4/6/04, Paul Toseland wrote:
>According to the Perseus databases, for FUSIOW Middle Liddle cites only
>the NT,
>and gives the sense 'puff up'; so, with BDAG, it takes FUSIOW to be
>derived from
>FUSAW, 'blow, puff, puff up [etc.]' BDAG notes that FUSIOW is used as a
>variant for FUSAW in epic poetry.
>
>However, the Perseus version of LSJ takes FUSIOW to be derived from FUSIS,
>'nature', and glosses /'dispose one naturally'/, but with little support.
>
> Is there adequate support for this latter sense (and etymology) of FUSIOW?
Paul, the latest LSJ with Glare's supplement notes that there are TWO verbs
FUSIOW; the one related to FUSIS means "dispose one naturally" while the
other is a form of FUSIAW from FUSA (bellows); this second FUSIOW is an
epic instance of "diectasis," the metrical re-lengthening of a contracted
FUSIAW --> FUSIW.
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Carl W. Conrad
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