ὀπάδησις

ὀπάδησις, ἡ, das Begleiten

ὀπήδ-ησις, εως, [dialect] Dor. [full] ὀπάδησις [pron. full] [ᾱ], ιος, ἡ,

A a following after, attending, pursuit, Crito ap.Stob.2.8.24.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `attendant' (h. Merc. 450, late prose).

Other forms: Dor. (also trag. a.o.) ὀπᾱδός

Derivatives: ὀπηδέω, ὀπαδέω `to attend, to go with' (Il., - εύω A. R.) with ὀπάδησις f. `attendance' (Criton ap. Stob.), ὀπηδητήρ σύνοδος, ἀκόλουθος H.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: As ὀπηδός can hardly be separated from the synonymous ὀπάων, one thinks of an anlysis ὀπη-δός ( ὀπ-ηδός?); such a formation, esp. of a nom. agentis, is however unknown (but several in - ηδών). Against direct connection with ὀπάζω (ὀπᾱδός backformation?; suggestion of Kronasser in Haas Μνήμης χάριν 1, 132) speaks the diff. quantity of the vowel; not better Prellwitz Glotta 19, 98 after Bezzenberger BB 24, 321: *ὀπᾱδ old abl. of *ὀπά f. `followers, suite'. -- Perhaps with Sapir Lang. 10, 274ff. a.o. from Hitt. ḫapatiš `obedient, subject, servant', s. Schwyzer 508 n. 6, Neumann Heth. u. luw. Sprachgut 19. This would mean a loan from a foreign language; so it could as well be Pre-Greek. - On ὀπάων, ὀπαδός in trag. Björck Alpha impurum 109 f. Older attempts in Bq.

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