COMPOUND: ἀργυροδίνης, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘silver-eddying’ (epith.of rivers)
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem ἄργυρο- (ἄργυρος) ‘silver’ + δίνη ‘whirlpool, eddy’ + adj. suf. -ης
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 753; XXI, 8, 130
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., dat. m. sg., acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrīhi
NOTES: Risch 1974 points out that the original N+N possessive structure was reinterpreted as a N+V (δινέω) verbal governing structure