τέμα-χος

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `shaft of an axe, hack, hammer etc.' (- ειή φ 422 and - εά Aen. Tact. `cavity for the shaft' after Bérard REGr. 68, 8f. and Pocock AmJPh 82, 346ff. with Eust., H. and EM).

Other forms: - εή (A. R.), στειλειή (φ 422; v.l. Nic. Th. 387); - εόν (Aen. Tact., Babr.), στειλειόν (ε 236) n.; - εός and - ειός (Att. inscr.) m.; - εός or - εόν (hell. a. late); στειλεός (Hp. with vv. ll.), στειλειός (Aesop.), gen. - ειοῦ (Nic. Th. 387 as v. l.)

Derivatives: στειλει-άριον (Eust.) and the denom. ptc. ἐστελεωμένος `provided with a shaft' (AP). -- Beside it στέλεχος n. (m.) `the end of the stem at the root of a tree, stump, log, stem, branch' (Pi., IA.; on the eaning Strömberg Theophrastea 95ff.). Some compp., e.g. πολυ-στελέχ-ης (Thphr.), - ος (AP) `with many stems' (cf. Strömberg 103 f.). From this στελέχ-ια πρέμ\<ν\>ια H., - ώδης `stem-like' (Thphr., Dsc.), - ιαῖος `serving as a stem' (Gal.), - ηδόν `according to the kind of stem' (A. R. 1, 1004 as v. l. for στοιχηδόν).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)

Etymology: On the formation: στελ-εά like δωρ-εά, γεν-εά, - εός, - εόν as κολ-εός, - εόν, θυρ-εός; στειλ-ειή as ἀρ-ειή, νευρ-ειή ( στειλ- metr. lengthening(?); cf. Schwyzer 469 n. 3 w. lit., Risch 120f., Chantraine Form. 51 a. 91. With στέλε-χος cf. τέμα-χος, σέλα-χος a.o. (Schwyzer 496, Chantraine 403). Both στελεά, - εός, - εόν and στέλεχος are based on an unknown, prob. nominal basis, perh. *στέλος n. (Schulze Q. 175), which fits unproblem. to Arm. steɫn, pl. steɫun-k` `stem, shaft, stalk, twig' and to Germ. words like OE stela m. `stalk of a plant', Norw. stjøl `stalk'; further s. στέλλω (with στόλος). Cf. also στήλη. -- The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek, with a \> ε(ι) before palatal l^y. Was the word *stal^yaya?

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to pass through, to travel' (only ep.), `to finish, to accomplish, to do, to exact', intr. `to come to an end, to succeed, to act'.

Other forms: Att. - ττω, Cret. - δδω, ep. Ion. πρήσσω, fut. πράξω, Ion. - ήξή, aor. πρᾱ̃ξαι, - ῆξαι (all Il.), pass. πραχθῆναι (S., Th.), perf. πέπρᾱγα, - ηγα (Pi., Hdt.), -ᾱχα, - ηχα (Att., Hdt.), pass. πέπραγμαι (A.).

Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. δια-, εἰσ-, κατα-, συν-. Compounds, e.g. εὑ-, κακο-πρᾱγ-ία f. `prosperity, success', resp. `accident, misfortune' (Pi., Att.) with εὑ-, κακο-πρᾱγ-έω (Att.); anal. δυσ-, κακο-πρᾱγής (Vett. Val., H., not from πρᾶγος); also εὑ-πραξ-ία, Ion. - πρηξ-ίη f., after πρᾶξις, πρᾶξαι.

Derivatives: (Compact survey). Nom. actionis: 1. πρᾶξις, πρῆξις (also w. δια-, κατα- a.o.) f. `realisation, accomplishment, advancement, act, exaction' (Il.) with πραξ-είδιον n. dimin. (EM), - ιμος `realisable' (Cyprus II-III^p), `recoverable' (Delos I-II<sup>p</sup>), also πράκτιμος (from Dor. *πρᾶκτις or after πρακτι-κός?) `liable to a money-penalty' (Delphi II^a). Further, with formation after the adj. abstr. (cf. Schwyzer 468 f.), the compp. προ-πραξ-ία f. `precedence in negotiation' (Acarnan. inscr. V-IV<sup>a</sup>), ὑπερ-πράξ-ιον n. `over-exaction, blackmailing' (Mylasa V^p); cf. also 10. below. -- 2. πρᾶγμα (posthom.), Ion. πρῆχμα (\< - κσμ-; inscr.), πρῆγμα (Hdt.; for πρῆχμα?, s. Schulze Festschr. Kretschmer 217 ff. = Kl. Schr. 409ff.) n. `performed act, fact, business', pl. `facts, state affairs etc.'; as 2. member in ἀ-, πολυ-πράγμων etc.; from this πραγμά-τιον, - τικός, - τίας, - τᾶς, - τώδης, - τεύομαι with - τευμα, - τεία, - τειώδης, - τευτής, - τευ-τικός. -- 3. πρᾶγος n. poet. replacement for the worn out πρᾶγμα (Pi., trag.; Schwyzer 512). -- 4. πρακτύς Dor. = πρᾶξις (EM). -- Nom. agentis: 5. πρακτήρ, πρηκτήρ, - ῆρος m. `executor, tradesman' (Hom.), `exactor' (hell.) with - τήριος `effective, decisive' (A.). -- 6. πράκτωρ, - ορος m. `executor, avenger' (A., S., Antiph.), `exactor, tax official' (Att., pap.) with - τορ-ικός, - ειος, - εύω with - εῖον, - εία (- ία?); on the meaning of πράκτωρ Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 220f., 2, 8 f. a. 49 f., Benveniste Noms d'agent 32; attempt to a semant. differentiation of πρακτήρ and πράκτωρ ibd. 47. --7. εἰσ-, ἐκ-πράκτης m. `collector, tax official' (Aq.). -- 8. πρηξών = ἀγοραῖος, i.e. `notary' (Sicil.; Theognost.); prob. from πρῆξις (Schwyzer 517). -- 9. Adj. πρακτικός `concerning action, skilled, practical' (Att.; Chantraine Études 140).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [817] * perh₂- `sell'

Etymology: All forms go back on a common stem πρᾱκ- (analog. πρᾱγ-; Schwyzer 715), which is a κ-enlargement of the zero grade πρᾱ- in πρᾱ-θῆναι, πέ-πρᾱ-μαι, πι-πρά̄-σκομαι etc. (s. πέρνημι) with further connection with πέρᾱ, πείρω (s. vv.) etc. The function of the velar (cf. πλήσσω: πλη-γ-ή, τμή-γ-ω: τέμ-ν-ω, τέμα-χος a.o.) can be designated as terminative (Schwyzer 702 w. n. 5 a. lit.). Assuming a nominal *πρᾱκ- (Schw. 496) is superfluous and unconvincing. For the primary character of πράσσω, πρᾶξαι tell also the old deriv. πρᾶξις, πρῆξις; on this Schw. 505 (where n. 6 is reckoned with a "derived πρήσσω"). -- On meaning and use of πράσσω s. Snell Phil. 85, 141 ff., Braun Stud. itfilcl. N. S. 15, 243ff.

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