ἔσπασεν ἄμυ-στιν ἑλκύσας

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `lavish, lascivious way of life, debauchery, luxury', also of luxurious objects, `adornment, bracelet, anklet' (LXX, hell. inscr., AP etc.).

Derivatives: Dimin. Lat. spata-lium n. `bracelet' (Juba ap. Plin., inscr.). Denominative verb σπαταλ-άω ( κατα-), aor. - ῆσαι `to live lavishly, lasciviously' (Plb., LXX, NT a. o.) with - ημα n. (AP). Backformation (Schwyzer 483) σπαταλός (- αλος) `lavish, lascivious' (AP a.o.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)

Etymology: Popular word. If, as seems prob., originally an abstract, σπατάλη can as to its meaning be compared with κραιπάλη, δαιταλ-εύς; further connection uncertain. Perhaps to σπάω `draw in, suck', of wine etc.; e.g. ἔσπασεν ἄμυ-στιν ἑλκύσας (E. Kyk. 417); cf. also σπάσει πίνειν (Arist.). On the - τ- cf. σπατίζει... ἕλκει H. -- To be rejeceted Neumann Heth. u. luw. Sprachgut 88 f.: σπαταλός (backformation; s. ab.) from Hitt. * išpatalla- `who gladly, and often, eats to the full' from išpāi- `eat to be satiated'. -- Furnée 154, 179 connects convincingly βάταλος; so the word is Pre-Greek.

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