στάξαι

στάζω

drop: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

στάζω

drop: aor inf act

στάξαῑ, στάζω

drop: aor opt act 3rd sg

στάξι, στάξις

dropping: fem voc sg

στάξαι, στάζω

drop: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

στάξαι, στάζω

drop: aor inf act

στάξα, στάζω

drop: aor ind act 1st sg (homeric ionic)

στάξε, στάζω

drop: aor ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)

χοή, ἡ, ([etym.] χέω)

A pouring out of liquid, drink-offering, esp. made to the dead or over their graves (opp. λοιβή, σπονδή made to the gods), χοὴν χεῖσθαι νεκύεσσιν (where it is mixed with milk), of honey, wine, and water, poured out in succession, Od.10.518, cf. 11.26, Arist.Mu. 400b22: freq. in Trag., always in pl. (as also Hdt.7.43),

χέουσα κηδείους χοάς A.Ch.87

;

χοὰς φέρειν τινί Id.Pers. 609

, Ch.15, etc.;

χ. γῇ τε καὶ φθιτοῖς χέασθαι Id.Pers. 219

(troch.), cf. S.OC 477;

κεχυμένων χοᾶν A.Ch. 156

(lyr.); σπεῖσαι, κατασπείσειν, ἐπισπένδειν, E.Or. 1322, 1187, A.Ch. 149;

πέμπειν Id.Pers. 624

(anap.);

δοῦναι S.Ant. 902

, etc.;

πατρὶ τυμβεῦσαι χ. Id.El. 406

; αἴρειν, στάξαι, E.Hec. 529, Heracl. 1040;

χοαῖσι στέφειν τὸν νέκυν S.Ant. 431

;

ἱλάσκεσθαι γῆν X.Cyr.3.3.22

.

2 rarely of libations in general, S.OC 469, 1599.

II generally, stream,

Ἀχέροντος ἄρσενας χοάς Id.Fr. 523

.—Mostly poet.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to let drip (in), to shed', intr. `to drip' (posthom.).

Other forms: Aor. στάξαι (Il.), fut. στάξω (Pi. etc.), aor. pass. σταχθῆναι (Hp.), σταγῆναι (Dsc.), perf. pass. ἔστακται (Od.).

Compounds: Also w. ἀπο-, κατα-, ἐν-, ἐπι.- a. o.

Derivatives: 1. σταγ-ών, - όνος f. `drop' (trag., Hp., middl. com., hell. a. late) with - ονίας, - ονῖτις, - ονιαῖος (late); also στάγ-ες pl. (A. R. 4, 626); prob. backformation, cf. below. 2. - ετός m. `id.' (Aq.; like ὑετός a.o.). 3. - μα ( ἐπί- στάζω) n. `the dripping, the drop, aromatic oil' (A., Gal., pap. a. o.), ἐπι-, κατα-σταγμός m. `the nose-dripping, sniffing' (late medic.). 4. στάξις ( ἀπό-κατά- στάζω) f. `the dripping', esp. of blood from the nose (Hp., Gal.). 5. στακτός `dripping' (IA.), - τή f. `myrrh-oil' (Antiph., Plb. a.o.), - τά n. pl. `resins' (medic.); ἔνστακτον n. `the dripping in' (Gal.); στα\<κ\> τικόν πεμμάτιον πλακουντοειδές. ἄλλοι δε ἀγγεῖα διυλίζοντα Νειλῶον ὕδωρ H. 6. ἐπι-στάκτης m. `woolen thread for oil-dripping' (late medic.); στακτερία (leg. - τηρία) f. `bottle for myrrh-oil' (pap. VI -- VII<sup>p</sup>). 7. στάγ-δην `drop by drop' (Hp., Aret.). 8. Στάζουσα f. source in Sicyon (Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 2, 230).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The present στάζω can stand for *σταγ-ι̯ω and thus be a denominative of στάγ-ες. As however the relatively late ἅπ. λεγ. στάγ-ες is prob. a backformation from σταγ-όνες (Schwyzer 424) and the last relates to στάζω as τρυγών to primary τρύζω, στάζω too might be primary; to these came the other forms. -- The Latin and Celtic words compared give no indication for the prehistory of στάζω. Lat. stāgnum `through inundation arosen artificial water, sea, pool, pond' and OBret. staer `river, brook' (from * stag-rā) are rather far away because of the deviant meaning; semant. better connectable, but phonetically unclear is Welsh taen `conspersio' (IE * stagnā ?). WP. 2, 612, Pok. 1010, W.-Hofmann s. 1. stāgnum w. lit. Older lit. also in Bq.

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