δρακτόν

δρακτόν, τό,

A small vase (cf. δράξ), OGI479.10 ([place name] Dorylaeum), BCH 11.385 ([place name] Panamara), etc.

δρακτόν

small vase: neut nom /voc /acc pl

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `grasp, take handfulls' (Il., Ion.-Att.).

Other forms: δράττομαι, aor. δράξασθαι, perf. δέδραγμαι

Compounds: Compp. with δια-, ἐν-, κατα-.

Derivatives: δράγμα `handfull, esp. of (stalk of) corn' (Il.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 241) with δραγμεύω `collect sheaves' (Σ 555) as from δραγμός (E. Kyk. 170) for metrically impossible δραγματεύω (Eust. 1162, 17); - also δραγμίς `small handfull' (Hp. Morb. 2, 55 v. l. of δραχμίς), δραγμή `id.' (EM); δραχμη s. v.; δράγδην `grasping with the hand' (Plu., Q. S.). - Retrograde δράξ, - κός f. `handfull' (LXX); with metathesis δάρκες δέσμαι H. - δραγατεύω ( δραξών) s. v. - Unclear δρακτόν `small vase' (inscr.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Jot-present from *δρακ- or *δράχ-ι̯ομαι, with generalized zero grade. No relatives known (one considered Arm. trc`-ak `Reisigbündel' (Petersson KZ 47, 265); orig. final -c` will continue a combination of velars; between t- and r (evtl. between r and c`) an IE ē or ō (PArm. i or u) must have disappeared. OCS po-dragъ `edge, border of cloth' is very uncertain. See Bq s. v. - See on δραχμη.

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