Ruby's Greek Thread

[Ruby Novacna]

A few words EVA olk-.
In this post I will examine some short words beginning with olk- and look for their possible equivalents in Ancient Greek:

1. olkaiin/ -ων (31),
   
2. olkain/ -αιν/ειν (33),
   
3. olkair/ αιρ/αις (5),
   
4. olkal/ -αι (13),
   
5. olkar/ -ας (19),
   
6. olkoiin/ -ουν (1),
   
7. olkol/ -οι (3),
   
8. olkor/ -ορ/ος (4),
   
9. olky/ -η (22).
   

I’ll start with the endings. The good news is that there is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to guide us in this search.
The bad news, it’s not always possible to distinguish between nouns and verbs.
If we take the word olkos as our basis, olky would be its feminine form and all the other words would be their declined forms.
Aside from the difference in endings, there are two other possible sources of variation in reading: ol and k EVA. I think ol can transcribe οι or α, and k could be ν or μ.
In the long run, we will be forced to choose between οινος/οινη, οιμος/οιμη, ανος/ανη and αμος/αμη:

• οἶνος – wine; fermented juice of other kinds; the wine-market; name of Dionysus (ϝοῖνος, Lat. vinum);
  
• οἴνη – old name for the vine; =οἶνος – wine; the ace on dice; (OLat. oinos = unus);
  
• οἶμος – way, road, path; stripe; strip of land, tract, country;
  
• οἴμη = οἶμος, metaph., way of song, song, lay;
  
• ἄνοος – without understanding, silly;
  
• ανη – fulfilment, accomplishment;
  
• ἁμός = ἡμέτερος – our;
  
• ἁμή – fem of ἁμός – our;
  
• ἄμη – shovel; water-bucket.
  

We will also have to choose between the verbs οἰνόω, οἰμάω, ἀνέω, ἄνω, ἀμάω and ἀμόω:

• οἰνόω – intoxicate, Pass., turn into wine;
  
• οἰμάω, (only fut. and aor.) – swoop or pounce upon;
  
• ἀνέω = πτίσσω – winnow grain; bray in a mortar;
  
• ἄνω – accomplish, finish;
  
• ἀμάω – orig., reap corn; generally, cut; mow down in battle;
  
• ἀμόω – hang (Tarent.).
  

Certainly, with such a large number of possibilities, I cannot speak of great progress, but I do not lose hope.