σμίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σμῖλα (smîla)

Etymology

The word has been connected with Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (smith); however, this etymology is shaky. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *smī- (to cut, hew). Alternatively, a Pre-Greek etymology might be considered.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σμῑ́λη • (smī́lē) f (genitive σμῑ́λης); first declension

  1. A tool for cutting or carving: knife, chisel

Inflection

Derived terms

  • σμιλάριον (smilárion)
  • σμιλεία (smileía)
  • σμίλευμα (smíleuma)
  • σμιλευτός (smileutós)
  • σμιλιγλύφος (smiliglúphos)
  • σμίλινος (smílinos)
  • σμίλιον (smílion)
  • σμιλιωτός (smiliōtós)

Descendants

  • Aramaic: (scalpel, shoe-knife)
    Classical Syriac: ܙܡܝܻܠܝܳܐ (zmēlyā)
    Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܝܙܡܝܠ (/⁠*ʾizmēl⁠/)
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic: אִיזְמֵיל / אִיזְמֵל / אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl), אוּזְמֵל (ʾuzmēl)
  • Hebrew: אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl, scalpel)

Further reading

  • σμίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • ˀwzmyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Greek

Noun

σμίλη • (smíli) f (plural σμίλες)

  1. chisel
    Synonym: σκαρπέλο (skarpélo)

Declension

  • ασμίλευτος (asmíleftos, unchiselled, adjective)
  • σμιλεύω (smilévo, to chisel)

Further reading

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