νόσος and δσίη: etymological and sociocultural observations on the concepts of disease and divine (dis)favour in ancient Greece
After a brief discussion of earlier etymological theories, this article proposes a new analysis of the Greek noun νόσος 'disease' as a possessive compound *n-osw-os 'not having *(h₁)osu', the second constituent of which is cognate with Hitt. āssu 'well-being'; just like...
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Cambridge University Press
2008
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