σπαταγγίζειν ταράσσειν

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `noise, roar, cracking produced by clashing, breaking etc.' (Il.).

Derivatives: Beside it 1. παταγ-έω, also m. ἀντι-, ὑπο- a.o., `to make noise, to plash, to roar' (Alc. [ πατάγεσκε]), -ή f. (D. P., Longos), - ημα n. (Men.) = πάταγος. 2. πατάσσω, aor. πατάξαι, also m. ἐκ-, συν- a.o., `to knock, to beat, to hurt' (Il.; in Att. mostly aor. a. fut. act. to pres. τύπτω; Bloch Suppl. Verba 83ff.). 3. πατάξ interj. (Ar. Av. 1258; cf. on εὑράξ). 4. καπατᾳ̃ κατακόψεις. Πάφιοι H.

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

Etymology: With πάταγ-ος: - έω several words are to be compared: κτύπ-ος: - έω, ἄραβ-ος: - έω, κέλαδ-ος: - έω, ῥοῖβδ-ος: - έω etc.; s. vv. w. lit. It cannot always be distinguished, whether the subst. or the verb is primary or the other way round. The γ-suffix as in the close λαλαγή, σμαραγέω ( Σμάραγος), οἰμωγή a.o. With πατάσσω agrees synonymous ἀράσσω; similar σπαράσσω, τινάσσω etc. (Schwyzer 733). Details on the formation in Porzig Satzinhalte 25. -- The onomatop. character of the expressive words is clear; connections outside Greek (Lat. quatiō a.o.; s. Bq and W.-Hofmann s.v.) do not convince. - Furnée 279 compares σπαταγγίζειν ταράσσειν H.; the word then may be Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `kind of sea urchin' (Sophr. 102, Ar. Fr. 409, Arist.);

Other forms: πάταγγας acc. pl. `id.' (Poll.). Note also φατάγγης `animal with scales (Schuppentier)' (Ael.) (Furnée 111 n. 58, 164, 281; not in LSJ).

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

Etymology: Unexplained foreign word. (Hardly to σπάω `suck' (cf. on σπατάλη)? -- From this σπαταγγίζειν ταράσσειν H. - The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek,

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