σμοί

σμόω

pres subj mp 2nd sg

σμόω

pres ind mp 2nd sg

σμόω

pres subj act 3rd sg

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to strike hard, to dash, to beat, to drive away, to maltreat' (ep. lyr. Il.).

Other forms: Aor. - λίξαι.

Compounds: Also w. ἀπο-, ἀνα-, μετα-, περι-.

Derivatives: στυφελιγμοί (v. l. - σμοί) m. pl. `maltreatment' (A. Eq. 537 [anap.]). -- Besides στυφελός `hard, raw, stony, severe' (A. in lyr., A. R., Opp., AP; also Arcad. Cyren. after sch. A. R. 2, 1005; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 269 f.), second. `astringent, bitter' (AP; after στύφω); κατα- στυφελίζω `raw, stony' (h. Merc., Hes.), ἀ- στυφελίζω `not hard, friendly, smooth' (Thgn., AP); enlarged στυφελώδης `hard' (Q.S.); also στύφλος (on the accent below) `raw, stony' (trag., Lyc.; κατά- στυφελίζω H.), - άριος (Hyettos III<sup>p</sup>; PN?). At first sight ep. στυφελίζω seems a derivation of the later attested στυφελός. Apart from the chronology of the attestations, in that way the meaning of the verb (prop. *`to be, make hard or severe'?) becomes hard to understand. For στυφελίζω one could consider ἐλελίζω as example (Schmoll Die Verba auf - ίζω [Diss. Tübingen 1955] 182), after it στυφελός for στύφλος (Leumann l. c.)? The barytonesis of στύφλος is remarkable (cf. however φαῦλος, μάχλος, κτίλος a.o.), but must be considered more probale as lectio difficilior then the less well attested oxytonesis.

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]

Etymology: Not well explained. The in spite of the deviating vowel quantity (cf. τύ̄φω: τῠφλός) obvious connection with στύφω is for στύφλος, στυφελός not hard to motivate ('drawing together, -drawn, contract' \> `solid, hard etc.'; e.g. Persson Stud. 193), but is for στυφελίζω not immediately convincing. So the last rather to τύπτω (Curtius 227 etc.)? -- Extensive on στυφελίζω Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 84 ff.

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