σπένδει

σπένδω

make a drink-offering: pres ind mp 2nd sg

σπένδω

make a drink-offering: pres ind act 3rd sg

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `pour (forth), make a libation' (Il.).

Other forms: aor. λεῖψαι,

Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. κατα-, ἐπι-.

Derivatives: A. λειβῆνος ὁ Διόνυσος H., λείβηθρον ( λίβ-) n. `dripping place' (Eup. 428), λείβδην `by drops' (EM). - B. With ablaut: λοιβή f. `sacrifice of drinks, gift' (Il.) with λοιβ-εῖον (Plu.), - ίς (Antim., inscr.), - άσιον (Epich.) `vase for spilling', - αῖος `belonging to spilling' (Ath.); λοιβᾶται σπένδει, θύει H. (cf. below). - C. With zero-grade: 1. *λιψ f., only gen. λιβός, acc. λίβα `drink-offering, drip' (A., A. R.) with λιβηρός `wet' (Hp. ap. Gal.); 2. λίψ, λιβός m. "the dripper", name of the rainbringing Southwest-, (West)wind, also as name of the heavenly region `Southwest, West' (Hdt., Arist.) with λιβικός `(south)western' (pap.). For λίψ... πέτρα, ἀφ' ἧς ὕδωρ στάζει H. cf. αἰγίλιψ. 3. From λίψ: λιβάς, - άδος f. `spring, fount etc.' (trag. etc.) with the dimin. λιβάδιον (Str., Plu.), also ' χωρίον βοτανῶδες', i. e. `wet meadow' (H., EM), λιβάζω, - άζομαι `drip' (AP, Poll.), ἀπο- λείβω metaph. `throw away, remove oneself' (com.). 4. λίβος n. = λιβάς (A. Ch. 448 [lyr.], Gal.). - On λιβρός s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [664] [not in Pok!] * lei-b- `pour out, drip'

Etymology: The regelar fullgrade thematic λείβω (with λεῖψαι) and the zero grade primary noun λίψ stand side by side in Greek (cf. νείφει: νίφ-α; quite uncertain λίβει σπένδει, ἐκχύνει H.). - To λοιβᾶται (from λοιβή, s. above) Lat. lībāre `pour out, spill' can be a direct counterpart (cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 254, 322), but it can also be a an independent iterative deverbative (so certainly dēlĭbūtus, if with ū after imbūtus); quite doubtful is λαβά σταγών H., after v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 18 f. Maced. or Messap. for λοιβά. If we remove the -b-, we can adduse other words for `pour (out)', e. g. OCS lьjǫ, lějǫ, liti, Lith. líeju, líeti, s. Bq, WP. 2, 392f., W.-Hofmann s. lībō, Vasmer Wb. s. litь, Fraenkel Wb. s. líeti; always with further connections. - The length in ὄφρᾱ λείψαντε (Ω 285 = ο 149) must not prove λλ- \< IE sl-; cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 176. A riming form is εἴβω, s. v.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to offer a libation, to pour, to bestow'; `to make a ceasefire agreement (whilst performing a libation)'; the last also in the sense of `to reassure, to promise' resp. `to secure smth.' (Gortyn; on this Willetts Glotta 43, 251 ff.).

Other forms: Aor. σπεῖσαι (Il.), fut. σπείσω (Hdt. etc.), perf. ἔσπεικα (Plu.) midd. σπένδομαι, σπείσασθαι, σπείσομαι, ἔσπεισμαι (IA.)

Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. κατα-, ἐπι-.

Derivatives: σπονδή f. `libation, offering of wine' (Β 341 = Δ 159), pl. usu. `ceasefire agreement (sanctified with a libation), truce, peace treaty, pax dei' (IA. etc.). Compp., z.B. σπονδο-φόρος m. `herald of the truce, the pax dei' (Pi.); often as 2. member, e.g. ὑπό-σπονδος `under a ceasefire agreement, under safe-conduct' (IA). From this σπονδ-εῖος `belonging to the offering', also metr. `spondeus' (D.H. a. o.), - εῖον n. `libation vessel' (hell.); also - ειακός, - ειάζω, - ειασμός (late); - ικός `belonging to the offering' (pap.); - ήσιμα n. pl. `id.' (Philem.; after ὀνή-σιμος a. o.; cf. also παρασπόνδησις [Plb.] from παρασπονδ-έω [: παρά-σπονδος] and Arbenz 83); - ῖτις ( σταγών) `id.' (AP; Redard 114); σπόνδικες οἱ τὰς σπονδὰς χέοντες H. (Schwyzer 497). -- Extensive treatment in A. Citron Semantische Untersuchung zu σπένδεσθαι - σπένδειν - εὔχεσθαι (Winterthur 1965).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [989] * spend- `bring a drink-offering'

Etymology: Old expression of cult- and juridical language, also retained in Hitt. and Latin: Hitt. šipant- (e.g. 3. sg. šipant-i [= σπένδει], 3. pl. - anzi) `bring a fluid sacrifice, libate, consecrate (by sprinkling?), execute a ritual' (Kronasser Etymologie 1, 522 ff. with some doubt about the etym.); Lat. spondeō (iterative) `promise ceremonially, assure, guarantee'. Details in Ernout-Meillet a. W.-Hofmann s. v. (w. lit.).

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