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1 μέτασσαι
Grammatical information: f. pl.Meaning: `lambs born later, i.e. of middle age', between the πρόγονοι and the ἕρσαι (ι221); τὰ μέτασσα n. pl. `later' (h. Merc. 125 ; Zumbach Neuerungen 27).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [702] *meth₂-ti̯o-? `later born'Etymology: To μέτα like ἔπισσαι `daughters born later' to ἔπι; so prob. from *μετα-τι̯ο-, f. -τι̯ᾰ like Skt. ápa-tya- a. o. (Schulze KZ 40, 414 n. 1 = Kl. Schr. 71 n. 1 [s. also Kl. Schr. 675] after Ebel KZ 1, 302, Bechtel Lex. s. v., Specht Ursprung 197), Benveniste, Origines 82. -- Diff. Giles ClassRev. 3, 3 f. (approving Schwyzer 472 w. n. 2): μετ-ασσαι = μετ-οῦσαι, prop. "being between", archaic zero grade ptc. f. of μετ-εῖναι. Then however both τὰ μέτασσα (for τὰ μετόντα) and ἔπ-ισσαι must be explained as analogical formations.See also: Vgl. περισσός.Page in Frisk: 2,218Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μέτασσαι
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