θρανύξαντες

θρανύσσω

break in pieces: aor part act masc nom /voc pl

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `crush',

Other forms: only aor. ptc. θρανύξαντες (Lyk. 664); συν-θρᾱνόω `id.', only perf. pass. συντεθράνωται (E. Ba. 633; = συμπέπτωκε H.);

Derivatives: cf. also θρανεύεται συντρίβεται H.

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

Etymology: Relation to the noun *θραυσ-ανό-ς, from θραύω (Sütterlin Denom. 107, Solmsen Unt. 88), arouses, though theoretically possible, for this expressive word little confidence, cf. Sommer Lautstud. 64f. More probable seems ( pace Sommer l. c.), connection with θρανεύω `stretch on the tanner's bench', which H. glosses as συντρίβεται. So a change of meaning `tann (torture)' \> `crush' together with the formal transformation (after ἀμύσσω, νύσσω a. o.?, Sommer a. a. O., Debrunner IF 21, 243). See θρᾶνος.

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