Editing Penelope (section)

== Etymology ==
[[gloss (annotation)|Glossed]] by [[Hesychius of Alexandria|Hesychius]] as "some kind of bird"<ref>[http://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BB%CF%8E%CF543%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B9/%CE%A0 Γλῶσσαι].</ref> (today arbitrarily identified with the [[Eurasian wigeon]], to which [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] gave the binomial ''Anas penelope''), where {{transliteration|grc|-elōps}} ({{lang|grc|-έλωψ}}) is a common Pre-Greek suffix for predatory animals;<ref>[http://www.zeno.org/Pape-1880/A/%CF%87%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CE%BB%E1%BD%BD%CF%80%CE%B7%CE%BE Zeno.org lemma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211212525/http://www.zeno.org/Pape-1880/A/%CF%87%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CE%BB%E1%BD%BD%CF%80%CE%B7%CE%BE |date=2008-12-11 }} relating {{lang|grc|πηνέλωψ}} (gen. {{lang|grc|πηνέλοπος}}) and [http://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BB%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B9/%CE%A7 <{{lang|grc|χην(ά)λοπες}}>· {{lang|grc|ὄρνεα}} (predators) {{lang|grc|ποιά. ὅπερ ἔνιοι <χηναλώπεκες>}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211193804/http://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BB%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B9/%CE%A7 |date=2008-12-11 }}.</ref> however, the semantic relation between the proper name and the gloss is not clear. In [[folk etymology]], {{transliteration|grc|Pēnelopē}} ({{lang|grc|Πηνελόπη}}) is usually understood to combine the Greek word {{transliteration|grc|pēnē}} ({{lang|grc|πήνη}}), "[[weft]]", and {{transliteration|grc|ōps}} ({{lang|grc|ὤψ}}), "face", which is considered the most appropriate for a cunning weaver whose motivation is hard to decipher.<ref>For the mythology of weaving, see [[Weaving (mythology)]].</ref> [[Robert S. P. Beekes]] believed the name to be [[Pre-Greek]] and related to {{transliteration|grc|pēnelops}} ({{lang|grc|πηνέλοψ}})<ref>{{Cite book | author = R. S. P. Beekes | author-link = Robert S. P. Beekes | title = Etymological Dictionary of Greek | publisher = Brill | year = 2009 | page = 1186}}</ref> or {{transliteration|grc|pēnelōps}} ({{lang|grc|πηνέλωψ}}).