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1 πταίω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `to nudge, to crash into, to stumble, to err, to have bad luck' (IA.); rarely trans. `to knock over' (Pi. fr. 205, LXX).Other forms: Aor. πταῖσαι, fut. πταίσω, also perf. (Youngatt., hell.) ἔπταικα, pass. (late) πταισθῆναι, ἔπταισμαι.Compounds: Also with prefix, esp. προσ-.Derivatives: πταῖσμα ( πρόσ- πταίω) n. `push, fault, misfortune, defeat' (IA., Thgn.), πρόσπταισις f. `push, stumble, collision' (D. H.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Expressive word without clear etymology. A general similarity show παίω, ῥαίω, also - κναίω a.o., which may have influenced the formation of πταίω; on the anlaut cf. πτίσσω, πτήσσω. After Merlingen Μνήμης χάριν 2, 55 through metathesis pt- from tp- as zero grade of OCS tepù `beat' etc.; pricipally to be considered. Against connection with πέτομαι (Persson Beitr. 2, 825; s. Bq) rightly WP. 2, 21. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,610Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πταίω
См. также в других словарях:
pet-2, petǝ- : ptē-, ptō- (Gk. ptā-) — pet 2, petǝ : ptē , ptō (Gk. ptā ) English meaning: to fall; to fly Deutsche Übersetzung: “auf etwas los or niederstũrzen, fliegen, fallen” Material: O.Ind. pátati “flies, wirft sich, fällt” (= πέτομαι, Lat. petō, O.Welsh… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary