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1 νύσσω
Grammatical information: v.Derivatives: 1. νύξις f. `push, sting' (Dsc., Plu.), κατάνυξ-ις `stupefaction, bewilderment' (: κατα-νύσσομαι `get a push in the heart, be stunned'; LXX, NT); 2. νύγμα (also - χμα) n. `push, prick' (Nic., Epicur., Gal.) with νυγμα-τικός `fit for pricking' (medic.), - τώδης `punctuated' (Arist., medic.); 3. νυγ-μός m. (D. S., Plu.), - μή f. (Plu.) `id.'; 4. νύγ-δην `by pricking' (A.D.). -- Further νυκχάσας = νύξας H. (expressive enlargement with geminate and aspiration; cf. Schwyzer 717 n. 4).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Without exact agreement outside Greek. Formal similarity show some westgerm. and Slav. expressions for `nod etc.', e.g. MLDu. nucken `move the head menacingly', nuck(e) `sudden for- and upward pushing of the head when frightened etc', OCS nukati, njukati `brighten', which are, assuming a velar enlargement, usually conneted with νεύω, Lat. nuō. Also νύσσω is since Brugmann IF 13, 153 ff. seen in this way, which means for νεύω, nuō the assumption of a basic meaning `make a pull, give a thrust'. -- WP. 2, 323f., Pok. 767, W.-Hofmann s. nuō.Page in Frisk: 2,Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > νύσσω
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