την χεῖρα ἔχων πρὸ τοῦ προσώπου

Grammatical information: adv.

Meaning: uncertain, but prob. `wrapped in' Il. (Ω 163 ὁ δ' ἐν μέσσοισι γεραιὸς || ἐντυπὰς ἐν χλαίνῃ κεκαλυμμένος (later A. R., Q. S.);

Derivatives: ἐντυπαδία H; ἐντετύπασται `is wrapped (in)' BSA 16, 107 [Pisidia]).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [??] * tup- `squat?'

Etymology: The meaning was already in antiquity uncertain, as appears from the explanations in Hesych. ἐντυπάς ἐντετυπωμένος. ἐγκεκαλυμμένος τὸ πρόσωπον τῳ̃ ἱματίῳ, την χεῖρα ἔχων πρὸ τοῦ προσώπου. η κεκυφώς. - Mostly (with the schol.) connected with τύπτω, τύπος and taken as `well envelopped in', i. e. so that the outline of the members of body and head could be distinguished. - Acc. to Kurschat ap. Prellwitz as `squatting' to Lith. tũpti, tupė́ti `id.' (uncertain Germ. cognates in WP. 1, 714). - To the adverbs in - ας Schwyzer 631, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 251.

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