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Grecka nazwa ślimaka σέσῑλος i jej indoeuropejska geneza

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Witczak K. T.

Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae

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2017

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vol. 27

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issue 1

53-67

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The author discusses three Ancient Greek names for ‘snail with a spiral shell’: (1) σέσῑλος, (2) σέσηλος and (3) σέσελις (gen. sg. σεσέλιτος). It is suggested that the first name σέσῑλος is of Ionic origin (with the regular representation of the diphthong ει as ῑ), the second one σέσηλος belongs to the Doric heritage (see the Laconian gloss in Hesychius’ lexicon: σέσηλοι· κοχλίαι. Λάκωνες), and the third σέσελις represents a purely Attic form. The Proto-Greek archetype should be reconstructed as *σέσελϝος (m.) ‘snail’. In fact, the disappearance of the glide *ϝ in the Ancient Greek dialects causes the lengthening of the original vowel *ε to ει (later ῑ) in Ionic, to η in Doric. Only the Attic dialect preserves the short vowel ε with no change, see e.g. Ionic ξεῖνος, Doric ξῆνος, Attic ξένος (m.) ‘guest-friend; guest; stranger, foreigner, refugee’ < Proto-Greek *ξένϝος, see Myc. Gk. ke-se-nu-wo [ksenwos], Aeolic ξέννος, Corcyrean πρόξενϝος (m.) ‘public guest, deputy’. The archetype *σέσελϝος was created as a reduplicated form of the Indo-European verbal root *tsel- ‘to creep, crawl’, cf. Old Indic (Vedic) tsáru- m. (u-stem) ‘a crawling animal’ (< IE. *tsélus m. ‘snail’). A related term with no reduplication is attested in the Hesychian glossary (σ-374): σελάτης· κοχλίας, as well as in the Celtic languages, e.g. [1] MIr. selide ‘snail’, Mod. Ir. seilide, seilchide, seilmide, slimide ‘id.’ (< Celtic *selantī- < IE. *tsel-n̥t-ī); [2] OIr. selige m. (gl. testudo) ‘tortoise’, MIr. seilche ‘tortoise; snail’, Scottish Gaelic seilcheag ‘snail’ (< Celtic *selaki̯ās < IE. *tselə2ki̯ās).

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The Thessalian and Cretan Name for ‘Bottle Gourd’

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Kaczyńska E., Witczak K. T.

Roczniki Humanistyczne

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2018

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vol. 66

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issue 3: Filologia klasyczna - Selected Papers in English

59-79

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The Polish version of the article was published in “Roczniki Humanistyczne,” vol. 63 (2015), issue 3. In his work Deipnosophistae (IX 369b), Athenaeus discusses four Greek names for turnip, (Brassica campestris L., syn. Brassica rapa L.): βουνιάς, γογγυλίς, Laconian γάστρα and Boeotian ζεκελτίς. The three first names are clearly motivated by the Greek vocabulary. The fourth term remains obscure in terms of its etymology and word-formation. According to Athenaeus (IX 369b), two Greek writers, Amerias and Timachidas, refer to a dialectal (evidently Thessalian) term ζακελτίς f. ‘bottle gourd, calabash, Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.’. In his lexicon, Hesychius of Alexandria registers two related glosses: ζακελτίδες • κολοκύνται. ἢ γογγυλίδες (HAL ζ-24); ζακαυθίδες • κολοκύνται (HAL ζ-30). The former refers to the Thessalian lexis. The latter one (wrongly printed as ζακυνθίδες • κολοκύνται in M. Schmidt’s and K. Latte’s editions) demonstrates a shift of the liquid consonant λ [l] to [ṷ], which is a typical Cretan phenomenon, attested also in the Hesychian lexicon, see e.g. [1] αὐκάν • ἀλκήν. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8277); [2] αὐκυόνα • ἀλκυόνα. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8280); [3] αὕμα • ἅλμη, ὑπὸ Κρητῶν (HAL α-8324); [4] αὖσος • ἄλσος. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8347); [5] θεύγεσθαι • θέλγεσθαι. Κρῆτες (HAL θ-427). The same phonological process of the velarization of *λ [l] is also registered in epigraphic texts found in three towns of Central Crete (Gortyna, Leben, Phaistos). Thus, it seems that the Hesychian term ζακαυθίδες ‘bottle gourds’ (derived from the earlier *ζακαλθίδες) must be seen as a dialectal form typical of Central Cretan.

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Tesalska i kreteńska nazwa tykwy pospolitej

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Kaczyńska E., Witczak K. T.

Roczniki Humanistyczne

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2015

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vol. 63

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issue 3: Filologia Klasyczna

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W dziele pt. Uczta mężów (IX 369b) Atenajos przytacza cztery greckie nazwy rzepy (Brassica campestris L., syn. Brassica rapa L.’): βουνιάς, γογγυλίς, lak. γάστρα oraz beoc. ζεκελτίς. Trzy pierwsze apelatywy mają doskonałą motywację w zachowanej leksyce greckiej. Czwarty wyraz pozostaje etymologicznie i słowotwórczo niejasny. Atenajos podaje, że dwaj greccy autorzy, Amerias oraz Timachidas, przytaczają dialektalny (niewątpliwie tesalski) termin ζακελτίς f. ‘tykwa pospolita, tykwa zwyczajna, kalebasa, Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.’. W leksykonie Hesychiosa z Aleksandrii pojawiają się dwie pokrewne glosy: ζακελτίδες • κολοκύνται. ἢ γογγυλίδες (HAL ζ-24); ζακαυθίδες • κολοκύνται (HAL ζ-30). Pierwsza glosa odnosi się do tesalskiej leksyki. Druga glosa (niepotrzebnie emendowana w wydaniach M. Schmidta i K. Lattego) dokumentuje zmianę spółgłoski płynnej λ [l] do [ṷ], co jest zjawiskiem typowo kreteńskim, dobrze poświadczonym w leksykonie Hesychiosa, por. [1] αὐκάν • ἀλκήν. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8277); [2] αὐκυόνα • ἀλκυόνα. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8280); [3] αὕμα • ἅλμη, ὑπὸ Κρητῶν (HAL α-8324); [4] αὖσος • ἄλσος. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8347); [5] θεύγεσθαι • θέλγεσθαι. Κρῆτες (HAL θ-427). Proces welaryzacji *λ [l] potwierdzają też teksty epigraficzne odnalezione w trzech ośrodkach centralnej Krety (Gortyna, Fajstos, Lebena). W tej sytuacji Hesychiosowy termin ζακαυθίδες ‘tykwy’ (sprowadzający się do uprzedniego *ζακαλθίδες) musi być uznany za typowy dialektyzm centralnokreteński.

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In his work Deipnosophistae (IX 369b) Athenaeus discusses four Greek names for ‘turnip, Brassica campestris L., syn. Brassica rapa L.’, namely βουνιάς, γογγυλίς, Laconian γάστρα and Boeotian ζεκελτίς. Three first appellatives are clearly motivated by the Greek vocabulary. The fourth term is unclear etymologically. According to Athenaeus (IX 369b), two Greek writers, Amerias and Timachidas, refer to a dialectal (evidently Thessalian) term ζακελτίς f. ‘bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl’. In his lexicon Hesychius of Alexandria registers two related glosses: ζακελτίδες • κολοκύνται. ἢ γογγυλίδες (HAL ζ-24); ζακαυθίδες • κολοκύνται (HAL ζ-30). The former refers to the Thessalian item. The latter one (wrongly printed as ζακυνθίδες • κολοκύνται in M. Schmidt’s and K. Latte’s editions) demonstrates a change of the liquid stop λ [l] to [ṷ], which is explained as a Cretan phenomenon, attested also in the Hesychian lexicon, see e.g. [1] αὐκάν • ἀλκήν. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8277); [2] αὐκυόνα • ἀλκυόνα. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8280); [3] αὕμα • ἅλμη, ὑπὸ Κρητῶν (HAL α-8324); [4] αὖσος • ἄλσος. Κρῆτες (HAL α-8347); [5] θεύγεσθαι • θέλγεσθαι. Κρῆτες (HAL θ-427). The same phonological process of velarization of *λ [l] is securely confirmed in three towns of Central Crete (Gortys, Leben, Phaestus) by numerous epigraphic texts. It is highly probable that the Hesychian term ζακαυθίδες ‘calabash gourds’ (as if from *ζακαλθίδες) must be treated as a dialectal form typical of Central Cretan.

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Grecka nazwa ślimaka σέσῑλος i jej indoeuropejska geneza

The Thessalian and Cretan Name for ‘Bottle Gourd’

Tesalska i kreteńska nazwa tykwy pospolitej