πεκ-τέω

πεκ-τέω,([etym.] πέκω)

A shear, clip,

πεκτεῖν.. προβάτων πόκον Ar.Av. 714

:—[voice] Pass., to be shorn, metaph., of persons,

πεκτούμενος Id.Lys. 685

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to comb (oneself), to card, to shear' (Il.).

Other forms: ( πείκετε σ 316 a. πείκειν Hes. Op. 775 metr. length.), aor. πέξαι, - ασθαι.

Dialectal forms: Myc. poka \/pokē\/, Killen Par. del Pass. 17, 26ff., DELG.

Compounds: Also w. ἀπο-. Compp., z.B. πόκ-υφος m. `wool weaver' (pap. II<sup>a</sup>); εἰρο-πόκος (s. εἶρος), εὔ-ποκος `with fair wool' (A.); with referenc to the verb νεό-ποκος `newly shorn' ( μαλλός, S.).

Derivatives: 1. πόκος m. `plucked, shorn off sheep's wool, fleece' (Μ 451, hell.). ποκ-άριον ( Sammelb. III--IV<sup>p</sup>), - άδες pl. f. `lock or tuft of wool or hair' (Ar.), Πόκιος m. "shearing month", Locr. monthname (inscr.); verbs: ποκ-ίζομαι `to shear wool' (Theoc.) with - ισμός, - ιστί (pap.); - άζω `id.' (sch., Suid.); - όομαι `to be covered like with a fleece' (AP). 2. πόκτος m. `id.' ( Lyr. Adesp. 73, Hdn.), like φόρτος (Schwyzer 704 n. 6), if not to πεκτέω. 3. πέκος n. `id.' (An. Ox. 3, 358), πεῖκος ἔριον, ξάμμα H. (cf. πείκ-ετε, - ειν above). 4. πεκτήρ (Suid.), ποκτήρ (pap. II<sup>p</sup>; after πόκος) m. `shearer'. -- Enlarged form πεκ-τέω `id.' (Ar.; not πέκτω, Peruzzi Par. del Pass. 18, 396 n. 2); on the formation Schwyzer 705f. -- On κτείς s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [797] *peḱ- `pluck, card'

Etymology: Identical with Lith. pešù, pèšti `pluck, pull out, drew by the hairs'; the τ-enlargement in πεκτ-έω also in Lat. pectō `comb, card'; formal = Gerrn., e.g. OHG fehtan ' fech-ten' (prop. *'pluck each other'?). The very rare πέκος agrees phonetically with Lat. pecus n. `cattle, small cattle, sheep', which would be therefore a concretized verbal abstract (Porzig Satzinhalte 292; also Specht KZ 66, 36f.). The old widespread u-stem in Lat. pecu n., Germ., e.g. OHG fihu n., Skt. páśu- n., -úḥ m. etc. `cattle' is wanting in Greek; on the other hand πόκος is isolated, so prob. innovation. IE o -vowel also in Arm. asr, gen. asu `sheepwool, fleece' (IE *poḱu-). OWNo. fær, OSwed. fār n. `sheep', often equated with πόκος, is uncertain. -- Orig. meaning prob. `pluck, card', from where `shear, comb' (diff. Peruzzi Par. del Pass. l.c. n. 3 against Specht KZ 68, 206). -- WP. 2, 16f., Pok. 797, W.-Hofmann s. pectō and pecū, Fraenkel s. pèšti `pluck' w. further forms a. rich lit.

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