βάσκειν λέγειν

βάσκειν· λέγειν, κακολογεῖν, καὶ ἀνίστασθαι, Hsch.; cf. βάζω.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `speak, say' often nonsens (Il.).

Other forms: only present stem, except βέβακται θ 408; ἔβαξας H.

Derivatives: βάξις `word, rumour' (Emp.), βάγματα pl. (A. Pers. 637 in lyr.).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: Cf. βάσκειν λέγειν (which Latte deletes), κακολογεῖν H. (cf. λάσκειν). May be from *βάκ-σκειν (Schwyzer 708; cf. Βάκις). To βάσκειν βάσκανος. S. also ἀβακής. Onomatopoetical, cf. βαβάζω (the objections of DELG are hardly decisive).

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Grammatical information: adj. und subst. m.

Meaning: `one who bewitches, sorcerer, slanderer' (Att.).

Derivatives: βασκανία, βασκάνιον `bewitching, witchcraft'; βασκοσύνη `id.' (Poet. de herb., mag. Pap.), for βασκ(αν)οσύνη. Denom. βασκαίνω `bewitch'.

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.?

Etymology: Connected with βάσκειν λέγειν, κακολογεῖν and further with βάζω (q. v.). But βάσκειν as κακολογεῖν may have been influenced by βάσκανος. DELG finds the meaning too general. Kretschmer Einleitung 248 n. 4, thinks of a Thraco-Illyr. representative of φημί, φάσκω, which is semantically as weak. - One also tries to connect Lat. fascinum; it cannot be a loan from Greek. The central meaning may have been `bind'. The word may be a European substratum word. Cf. βασκευταί, βάσκιοι.

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