[B-Greek] Belly
Joseph Weaks
j.weaks at tcu.edu
Sun Jul 3 15:11:58 EDT 2005
On Jul 3, 2005, at 1:41 PM, George F Somsel wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 16:46:43 +0300 Kimmo Huovila
> <kimmo.huovila at helsinki.fi> writes:
>> What is 'belly' in Greek when reference is made to the outside of the
>> body,
>> not the internal organs, such as in expressions like 'hit/kick the
>> belly'?
>>
>> Kimmo Huovila
> ___________
>
> I find ARAIA and ASKOS. There is also GASTRIS, but that seems to be
> pot-bellied.
I would definitely say not on ARAIOS -A -ON. And GASTRIS is a personal
referent towards a glutton according to LSJ. The form you're looking
for, Kimmo, is GASTHR.
GASTHR is even oft used to refer to a large belly, as seen by its
metaphorical use as "gluttonous". I think this word serves best just
because of the form GASTRIZW, which means to punch someone in the
belly.
Depending on your use, I still wouldn't preclude KOLIA, though it
focuses on the "stuff inside your belly".
Louw and Nida is great for this kind of interesting question.
Joe
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