πολύ-πτυχος

πολύ-πτῠχος, ον, ([etym.] πτύξ, πτυχή)

A of or with many folds; esp. of mountains, with many valleys,

πολυπτύχου Οὐλύμποιο Il.8.411

, cf. 20.5, Hes.Th. 113;

Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι πολυπτύχου Il.21.449

, cf. 22.171, etc.; χθών, of the mountainous tract of Phocis, E.IT 677; of a compress, many times folded,

σπλήν Hp.Fract.8

, etc.

II folded many times, with many leaves,

δέλτοι Luc.Am.44

;

γραμματεῖον Poll.4.18

.

πολύ-πτυχος, mit vielen Falten, mit vielen Krümmungen, Schluchten, Tälern; mit vielen Tafeln, Blättern, vielfach zusammengefaltet

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: 1. `fine flour, flour dust' (Ar. Nu. 262, Apollon. Med.), 2. `shrewd person, crafty person' (Ar. Nu. 260).

Compounds: Compp.: 1. δυσ-παίπαλος adjunct of βῆσσα (Archil.), κύματα (B.), Ὄθρυς (Nic.) a.o.; 2. δυσοδο-παίπαλα n. pl. (A. Eu. 387, reading uncertain; after sch. δυσπαράβατα καὶ τραχέα; 3. πολυ-παίπαλος, of Φοίνικες (ο 419), of αἰθήρ (Call. Fr. anon. 225).

Derivatives: Beside it several formally close, but semantically doubtful fomations. Adj. 1. παιπαλ-όεις of islands, mountains, roads (ep. Il.); 2. - ιμος `artful, shrewd' (Theognost., sch.); 3. - ώδης `id.' (EM, Suid.); 4. - εος of πιπώ `woodpecker' (Antim.), meaning unknown. Verbs. 1. παιπαλᾶν περισκοπεῖν, ἐρευνᾶν H., with formally παιπάλημα n. (Ar., Aeschin.) = 2. παιπάλη; prob just enlargement of it; 2. παιπάλλειν σείειν H.; 3. παιπαλώσσω τὸ παίζω καὶ τὸ παροινῶ (Theognost.). παίπαλά τε κρημνούς τε (Call. Dian. 194), prob. backformation.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The adj. παιπαλόεις, of which the orig. meaning was apparently early forgotten and which was used by the ep. poets as epith. ornans without specific meaning, is mostly explained as ' τραχύς, σκολιώδης', i.e. `raw, steep' or `twisted'; so δυσ-παίπαλος `with dangerous παίπαλα'. Starting from `winding' Fick KZ 44, 148 f. (agreeing Bechtel Lex. s.v.) wanted to connect a supposed root pele- `wind' [impossible root form], also `fold'; παιπαλόεις thus `rich in turns or folds' (cf. πολύ-πτυχος), πολυ-παίπαλος = πολύ-τροπος (in antiquity). Positing a root pele- meaning `turn' however, is based on a wrong analysis of πόλος, πάλιν (s. rather πέλομαι); so only the meaning `fold' remains (s. ἁπλόος). Similarly Worms Herm. 81, 31 n. 2: prop. `geschwungen, gewunden', to πάλλω, from where `zackig, sich schlangelnd, zerklüftet'(?). With this interpretation of παιπαλόεις one separates παιπάλη from it and connects it as a separate word to πάλη `flour' (s.v.) and πόλτος etc. -- Others connect παιπαλόεις as `floury, dusty' (first of roads) with παιπάλη; s. Leumann Hom. Wörter 236 ff. with extensive argumentation and rich lit. He considers παιπάλη `subtle talker' not as metapher of παιπάλη `fine flour' but explains it from πολυ-παίπαλος. -- Still diff. Palmer Glotta 27, 134 ff. (by Leumann rightly rejected). The origin of παιπάλη L. sees in παιπάλλειν = σείειν ('shake' = `sieve flour'); also πάλη `flour' from πάλλω. Cf. πασπάλη. -- On the reduplication cf. Skoda, Redoublement 33 etc.

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     πολύπτυχος

     πολύ-πτῠχος

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    1) имеющий много складок, складчатый, неровный

    

(Ὄλυμπος, Ἴδη Hom.; Φωκέων χθών Eur.)

    2) состоящий из многих табличек или листков

    

(δέλτοι Luc.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to plead, to fold (up)', midd. `to fold round oneself' (Il.).

Other forms: Fut. πτύξω, - ομαι, aor. πτύξαι, - ασθαι, pass. πτυχθῆναι, πτυγῆναι, perf. πέπτυγμαι, ἔπτ-.

Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, περι-, προσ-.

Derivatives: 1. πτυκτός `folded' (Ζ 169 a.o.; Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1, 13) with πυκτή f. ( Cod. lnst.), πυκτ-ίς f. (AP, Gal.), - ίον n. (sch., Suid.) `tablet' (dissim. from πτ-; Schwyzer 260). 2. πτύγμα ( πρόσ-, περί- u.a.) n. `fold, loop of a garment, compress' (Ε 315, E., Arist., medic.) with ( προσ-)πτυγμάτ-ιον n. `compress' (medic. 3. πτύξις ( ἀνά-, διά- a.o.) f. `the folding, fold' (Hp., Arist.). -- Besides πτύχ-ες pl., acc. - ας, sg. dat. -ί (Hom.), acc. -α (E. in lyr.) f.; with enlargement πτυχ-ή, mostly pl. - αί f. (posthom. poet.) `fold, ply, layer', metaph. `gorge, valley'; it functions also as verbal noun to πτύσσω, esp. to the prefixcompp. (e.g. ἀνα-πτύσσω: ἀναπτυχ-ή); as 2. member in δί-, τρί-, πολύ-πτυχος (Il.; Sommer Nominalkomp. 65 f.), with transfer in the σ-stems, partly taken as verbal, in περι-πτυχ-ής `folding round' (S.), δι-πτυχ-ής (Arist.) a.o. From πτυχή: 1. πτυχ-ίς, - ίδος ( ὑπο-) f. `layer, joint' (Plu.); 2. - ιον n. `folded table etc.' (Hdn. Gr., pap.), - ιος = πτυκτός (EM); 3. - ώδης `fold-like, ply-like' (Arist.); 4. Πτυχ-ία f. n. of an island near Corcyra (Th.).

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

Etymology: Beside πτύσσω there are also quite rarely forms with - ττ- ( δια-πτύττω Pl. Legg. 858e, προσ-ανα- πτύσσω Arist.); so - σσ- rather Ionism than to avoid τ: ττ (Schwyzer 319 n. 1; cf. 755 n. 2) ? As Yot-present πτύσσω stands for *πτύχ-ι̯ω; so it can be taken as denominative to πτύχ-ες. --Etymolog. unclear. The connection with the unclear Skt. pyúkṣṇa- (only in the comp. pyúkṣṇa-veṣṭita-), which goes back on Brugmann Grundr.² I 277, is for several reasons very suspect; s. Mayrhofer s.v. On other hypothesen s. Bq s.v., WP. 1, 189, W.-Hofmann s. fugiō (everywhere rightly rejected). Cf. also Merlingen Μνήμης χάριν 2, 57. -- Furnée 318 considers the word a Pre-Greek, which may well be correct, but his connection with πυκ-νός etc. is not convincing.

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