ἠπῦσαι

ἠπύω

call to: aor inf act

ἠπύω

call to: aor inf act

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `sound loudly, cry loudly' (Il.)

Other forms: Dor. Arc. ἀπύω, aor. ἠπῦσαι

Compounds: also with ἀν-, ἐπ-. βρι-ήπυ-ος `crying loudly' (Ν 521).

Derivatives: ἠπύτᾰ `cryer' as epithet (Η 384, Q. S., Opp.), Ήπυτίδης name of a herold (Ρ 324)

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: ἠπύω will be based on a noon *ἦπυς `loud cry(?)' (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 165). - On the ending cf. γηρύ-ω, οἰζύ-ω, ἀΰ̄-σαι; further unclear. The comparison with Lat. vāpulō `be punished', prob. prop. `lament, wail' (Persson Beitr. 1, 495 n. 4), and further, with deviaring labial, Germ., e. g. Goth. wopjan `cry', supposes an initial digamma, from which there is no trace (dissimilation against - π-?). - Cf. on ἠχή. Improbable Fur. 236 who compares ἀύω.

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