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1 στράγξ
στράγξ, - γγόςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `squeezed out drop[ pouring out]' (Arist., Thphr., Men., AP a. o.).Derivatives: Beside it στραγγ-ός (also - γ-) `flowing drop by drop', also `tied together, entangled, by shocks, irregular' (medic. a.o.), - εῖον n. `drop-bottle' (medic.). - ίας ( πυρός) `kind of wheat' (Thphr.; cf. Strömberg Theophrastea 91). As 1. element in the compound στραγγ-ουρ-ία, Ion. - ίη f. = ἡ κατὰ στράγγα οὔρησις (Gal.), `strangury' (Hp., Att., hell. a. late) with - ικός, - ιώδης, - ιάω, - έω. Denominatives 1. στραγγ-ίζω, also w. κατα-, ἐκ-, ἀπο-, `to squeeze out drop by drop' (LXX, Dsc. a.o.); 2. - εύομαι (auch - γ-) `to hesitate, to linger, to dawdle' (Ar., Pl. hell. a. late; on the meaning below) with - εία f. `hesitation' (M. Ant.). -- With λ-sufflx: στραγγάλη f. `cord, rope, noose' (J., Plu., S. E.) wit - αλίς f. `entangled knot, induration' (com. Va, Arist. a.o.), - αλιά f. `id.' (LXX etc.; Scheller Oxytonierung 88), - αλιώδης `knotty, entangled' (LXX, Com. Adesp.), - αλάω `to choke, to strangle' (Men., LXX), - αλίζω, also w. ἀπο-, `id.' (D. S., Str. etc.), - αλισμός (gloss.), - αλόομαι `to become entangled, ensnared' (Ph. Bel. a.o.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: With στράγξ cf. στρίγξ, λύγξ, κλαγγ-ί a.o.; στραγγ-άλη as σκυτ-άλη etc. -- Of στράγξ a. cogn. remind strongly of several words from other languages: Lat. stringō `string, tie together', if from * strengō with analog. i in strictus, Latv. stringu, stringt (zero grade) `become stiff', also `wither' (from `shrivel, contract'), MIr. srengim `draw, drag', NIr. sreang `strand, strick', Germ., e.g. OHG strang, OWNo. strengr (from * strang-i-) `id.', OWNo. strangr, OS strang, OHG strengi `stretched, stiff, unbendible, streng etc.' with Norw. strengja `draw stiff', NHG anstrengen etc., IE * streng(h)-, strong(h)-. But then στραγγ- must stand either as zero grade for στραγ- (= Latv. stringt; in στραγ-ός, - εύομαι beside στραγγ- still retained?) or have got the α-vowel secondarily, which would not surprise with the orig. popular character of this word group. As orig. meaning of this family we must posit `string, tie together', which had in Greek a quite special development. Thus the drop, στράγξ, as "which strings, ties together," resp. "which is strung togethet" (as opposed to free running liquidity) interpreted; cf. σύστρεμμα also `round drop of water'. (Prop. from washing? Thierfelder by letter.) The meaning `linger, hesitate' in στραγ-γεύομαι can be explained both from `draw together, congeal' as from `run by drops (= slowly)'. -- Further forms and combinations a. lit. in WP. 2, 650f., Pok. 1036f., W.-Hofmann s. stringō. Lat. LW [loanword] strangūria, strangulō. Cf. στρογγύλος. -- The word is no doubt Pre-Greek (cf. the variant without nasal, and the a-vocalism).Page in Frisk: 2,804-805Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > στράγξ
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2 ἐντανύω
A stretch tight, of the bow-string,νευρὴν ἐντανύσαι Od.19.587
, al.; also, stretch a bow tight, i.e. bend or string it, 21.306, al.; τὰ τόξα ἐντανύουσι string their bows, opp. ἐκλύουσι, Hdt.2.173, cf. Theoc.24.107:—[voice] Med., δυνήσεται ἐντανύσασθαι string the bow, Od.21.403:— [voice] Pass., [tense] fut. inf. ἐντανύεσθαι ib.92.2 stretch or strain tight with cords or straps, ἐντανύσας [τὸν θρόνον ἱμᾶσιν] cover it with stretched straps, Hdt.5.25.3 ἐ. αὔλακας draw long furrows, Pi.P.4.227.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐντανύω
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3 σπάω
σπάω, σπάομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to draw', e.g. a sword, `to pull out, to tug, to wince, to attract, to snatch, to pull off, to sprain, to drag or to lure somewhere, to pull in, to suck in, to slurp down' (S., Ar. a. o.)Other forms: Aor. σπάσαι, σπάσ(σ)ασθαι, pass. σπασθῆναι (Il.), fut. σπάσω, - ομαι, perf. midd. ἔσπασμαι (IA.), act. ἔσπακα (Ar., Arist. a. o.).Compounds: Very often w. prefix in different shades of meaning, e.g. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, περι-.Derivatives: A. From the unenlarged root: 1. σπάσις, mostly to the prefixed verbs, e.g. ἀνάσπα-σις (: ἀνα-σπάσαι, - σπᾶν) `pulling in' etc. (Hp., Arist. etc.). 2. σπασμός ( ἐπισπασμός etc.) m. `wincing, spasm, violent movement' (IA.) with σπασμ-ώδης, κατα-σπασμ-ικός. 3. σπάσμα ( ἀπόσπασμα etc.) n. `spasm, sprain, shred, scrap' (IA); on σπάσις, - σμός, - σμα Chantraine Form. 145 a. 147. -- 4. - σπαστος in ἐπίσπασ-τος `brought upon oneself, incurred' (Od. etc.) a.o.; σπαστικός ( κατα-, περι-) `pulling in, slurping in' (Arist.). -- 5. - σπα-στήρ, - ῆρος m. in ἐπισπαστήρ (Hdt., AP; - σπατήρ inscr.), ποτισπαστήρ (Epid. IV--IIIa) "attractor", `thong which draws the door, bird string, net'; ἐπίσπαστρον n. `id.' (LXX, D.S. a. o.). --B. With δ-enlargement: 1. παρα-σπάς, - άδος f. `shoot torn off and planted' (Thphr.), ἀπο- σπάω `twig torn off' (AP, Nonn.). 2. σπάδῑξ, -ῑκος m. `(torn off) twig, espec. palm twig' (Nic., Plu. etc.); Lat. LW [loanword] spădīx `date-coloured' (s. W.-Hofmann s.v.). 2. σπάδιον n. `race-track' (Argos, H; "the lenghty one"; cf. στάδιον). 3. σπαδών, - όνος f. `spasm, convulsion' (Hp., Nic.) with - ονίζω, - ονισμός. 4. σπάδων, - ωνος m. `eunuch' (LXX, Plb. a.o.), also σπάδος (Eust.; vgl. E. Maass RhM 74, 432ff.). -- C. With τ-enlargement: σπάτος n. `(removed) skin' (H., sch. Ar. Pax 48 [Boeot.]) with σπάτειος in σπατείων δερματίνων H., as 1. member in Σ\<πα\> το-ληασταί m. pl. guild of fullers in Argos (Rom. time; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 176). -- D. Derived verbs: σπάζει σκυζᾳ̃. Άχαιοί H.; σπαδίξας aor. ptc. of σπαδίζω `to remove' (Hdt. 5, 25); σπατίζει τῶν \<σ\> πατέων ἕλκει, τῶν δερμάτων, τῶν τιτθῶν H. -- On σπάθη s. v.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The regular inflectional system of σπάω may have developed from the aorist σπάσαι. From there first σπασθῆναι, ἔσπασμαι, σπάσω, further σπάω, lastly ἔσπακα (cf. on κλάω). The σ-forms σπασθῆναι etc. are prob. analogical beside σπα-δ-, σπα-τ- (diff. Schwyzer 761; doubting 706). -- No immediate agreement outside Greek. Semantically very tempting is the comparison with Toch. B pāss- `draw off (the skin)' in the preterital forms passāre-ne (3. pl. act.), passāmai (1. sg. midd.), s. v. Windekens Orbis 11, 343; 12, 191, though the absence of the "movable" s- must raise doubts (- ss- moreover from - sw- acc. to v. W.). An old verbal noun seems preserved in the Lat. relict-word spatium `space etc.' (: σπάδιον with alternative dental, Schwyzer 498 n. 13 w. lit.). -- The other under spē(i)- grouped words `draw, stretch etc.' in WP. 2, 655ff. (similar Pok. 981 ff.) after Persson Beitr. 1, 386--415, a. o. OHG spanan `allure, entice' (prop. *"allure"), spāti `late', are because of the extensible meaning, the short size of the words and the variating phonetics not well usable for an exact, detailed etymological demonstration and do not help to undertsand σπάω. -- Cf. σπίδιος and σφαδάζω; also cf. σπατάλη and σπατίλη.Page in Frisk: 2,759-761Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σπάω
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4 σπάομαι
σπάω, σπάομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to draw', e.g. a sword, `to pull out, to tug, to wince, to attract, to snatch, to pull off, to sprain, to drag or to lure somewhere, to pull in, to suck in, to slurp down' (S., Ar. a. o.)Other forms: Aor. σπάσαι, σπάσ(σ)ασθαι, pass. σπασθῆναι (Il.), fut. σπάσω, - ομαι, perf. midd. ἔσπασμαι (IA.), act. ἔσπακα (Ar., Arist. a. o.).Compounds: Very often w. prefix in different shades of meaning, e.g. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, περι-.Derivatives: A. From the unenlarged root: 1. σπάσις, mostly to the prefixed verbs, e.g. ἀνάσπα-σις (: ἀνα-σπάσαι, - σπᾶν) `pulling in' etc. (Hp., Arist. etc.). 2. σπασμός ( ἐπισπασμός etc.) m. `wincing, spasm, violent movement' (IA.) with σπασμ-ώδης, κατα-σπασμ-ικός. 3. σπάσμα ( ἀπόσπασμα etc.) n. `spasm, sprain, shred, scrap' (IA); on σπάσις, - σμός, - σμα Chantraine Form. 145 a. 147. -- 4. - σπαστος in ἐπίσπασ-τος `brought upon oneself, incurred' (Od. etc.) a.o.; σπαστικός ( κατα-, περι-) `pulling in, slurping in' (Arist.). -- 5. - σπα-στήρ, - ῆρος m. in ἐπισπαστήρ (Hdt., AP; - σπατήρ inscr.), ποτισπαστήρ (Epid. IV--IIIa) "attractor", `thong which draws the door, bird string, net'; ἐπίσπαστρον n. `id.' (LXX, D.S. a. o.). --B. With δ-enlargement: 1. παρα-σπάς, - άδος f. `shoot torn off and planted' (Thphr.), ἀπο- σπάομαι `twig torn off' (AP, Nonn.). 2. σπάδῑξ, -ῑκος m. `(torn off) twig, espec. palm twig' (Nic., Plu. etc.); Lat. LW [loanword] spădīx `date-coloured' (s. W.-Hofmann s.v.). 2. σπάδιον n. `race-track' (Argos, H; "the lenghty one"; cf. στάδιον). 3. σπαδών, - όνος f. `spasm, convulsion' (Hp., Nic.) with - ονίζω, - ονισμός. 4. σπάδων, - ωνος m. `eunuch' (LXX, Plb. a.o.), also σπάδος (Eust.; vgl. E. Maass RhM 74, 432ff.). -- C. With τ-enlargement: σπάτος n. `(removed) skin' (H., sch. Ar. Pax 48 [Boeot.]) with σπάτειος in σπατείων δερματίνων H., as 1. member in Σ\<πα\> το-ληασταί m. pl. guild of fullers in Argos (Rom. time; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 176). -- D. Derived verbs: σπάζει σκυζᾳ̃. Άχαιοί H.; σπαδίξας aor. ptc. of σπαδίζω `to remove' (Hdt. 5, 25); σπατίζει τῶν \<σ\> πατέων ἕλκει, τῶν δερμάτων, τῶν τιτθῶν H. -- On σπάθη s. v.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The regular inflectional system of σπάω may have developed from the aorist σπάσαι. From there first σπασθῆναι, ἔσπασμαι, σπάσω, further σπάω, lastly ἔσπακα (cf. on κλάω). The σ-forms σπασθῆναι etc. are prob. analogical beside σπα-δ-, σπα-τ- (diff. Schwyzer 761; doubting 706). -- No immediate agreement outside Greek. Semantically very tempting is the comparison with Toch. B pāss- `draw off (the skin)' in the preterital forms passāre-ne (3. pl. act.), passāmai (1. sg. midd.), s. v. Windekens Orbis 11, 343; 12, 191, though the absence of the "movable" s- must raise doubts (- ss- moreover from - sw- acc. to v. W.). An old verbal noun seems preserved in the Lat. relict-word spatium `space etc.' (: σπάδιον with alternative dental, Schwyzer 498 n. 13 w. lit.). -- The other under spē(i)- grouped words `draw, stretch etc.' in WP. 2, 655ff. (similar Pok. 981 ff.) after Persson Beitr. 1, 386--415, a. o. OHG spanan `allure, entice' (prop. *"allure"), spāti `late', are because of the extensible meaning, the short size of the words and the variating phonetics not well usable for an exact, detailed etymological demonstration and do not help to undertsand σπάω. -- Cf. σπίδιος and σφαδάζω; also cf. σπατάλη and σπατίλη.Page in Frisk: 2,759-761Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σπάομαι
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5 διείρω
Aδιέρσαι Hp.Art.11
, al., butδιεῖραι Id.Morb.2.5
; imper.δίειρον Aen.Tact.31.18
; part.διείρας Luc.Alex.26
, Ael.VH4.28: [tense] pf.διεῖρκα X.Cyr.8.3.10
: [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass.διῃρμένη Hp.Art.70
, butδιειρμένα PHolm.3.14
:— pass or draw through,ὑπάλειπτρον διὰ καυμάτων Hp.Art.11
; l.c.; l. c.;βελόνας Aeschin.3.166
; insert,παττάλους Thphr.CP2.14.4
;λίνον Aen.Tact.
l. c.;βελόνην διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν PMag.Par.1.2949
: intr.,δάκτυλοι οἷον διείροντες Philostr.VA4.28
.II string together in order, weave a story, Philostr.VA8.12:—[voice] Pass., λόγος διειρόμενος, = εἰρόμενος, f.l. in D.H.Comp.26. -
6 νευροσπαστέω
A put in motion by strings, of puppets, D.S.34.34, M.Ant.7.3 ([voice] Pass.): esp. metaph., draw as by a string, Phld.Hom. p.62 O.;ἡ φαντασία σύρει ἡμᾶς καὶ ν. πρὸς αὑτήν Porph.
ap. Stob.2.8.40, cf. Ph.1.28;καθ' ὁρμὴν -σπαστεῖσθαι M.Ant.6.16
.II [voice] Pass., to be caught by drawing a string, of birds, Ath.9.391a.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > νευροσπαστέω
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7 πελάζω
A (anap.), S.Ph. 1150 (lyr., codd.), OC 1060 (lyr.), El. 497 (lyr.): [tense] aor. (lyr.) ; [dialect] Ep.πέλασα Il.12.194
; [dialect] Ep. and Lyr.ἐπέλασσα 21.93
,πέλασσα 13.1
, Pi.P.4.227 :—[voice] Med., [tense] aor. opt. (trans.)πελασαίατο Il.17.341
; inf.πελάσασθαι Emp.133
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. ἐπελάσθην, [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl.πέλασθεν Il.12.420
, inf.πελασθῆναι S.OT 213
(lyr.) ; [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. ,ἔπληντο Il.4.449
, etc.,πλῆτο 14.438
, πλῆντο ib. 468 ; later ἐπλάθην [pron. full] [ᾱ] A.Pr. 897 (lyr.), E. Tr. 203(lyr.), etc.: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.πέπλημαι AP5.46
(Rufin.) ; [ per.] 3pl.πεπλήαται Semon.31
A (fort. πεπλέαται) ; part.πεπλημένος Od.12.108
; cf. πελάω, πελάθω, πλάθω : ([etym.] πέλας):A intr., approach, draw near, c. dat.,πέλασεν νήεσσι Il.12.112
;ὅς τις ἀϊδρείῃ πελάσῃ Od.12.41
;ἐὸν.. ἐόντι πελάζει Parm.8.25
; τούτοις σὺ μὴ π. A.Pr. 807, cf. S.Ph. 301, etc.: rarely in Prose,π. πολεμίοισι Hdt.9.74
;θηρίοις X.Cyr.1.4.7
, cf. 3.2.10, An.4.2.3 ;τῷ φθινοπώρῳ Hp.Prog.24
: prov., ὅμοιον ὁμοίῳ ἀεὶ πελάζει like draws to like , Pl. Smp. 195b.2 less freq. c. gen., ἐπὴν [ ἡ γυνὴ] τόκου π. Hp.Mul. 1.34 ; πάρα.. πελάσαι φάος.. νεῶν light may come near the ships, S. Aj. 709 (lyr.) ;εἴρξω πελάζειν [σῆς πάτρας] Id.Ph. 1407
(but σῆς πάτρας shd. be deleted) ;π. πηγῆς Call.Ap.88
(nisi leg. πηγῇσι); π. τῆς πόλεως Th.2.77
, Plb.21.6.3 ; alsoμὴ πελάσητ' ὄμματος ἐγγύς E.Med. 101
(anap.).3 with a Prep., πρὸς τοῖχον π. Hes.Op. 732 ;ἐς τὸν ἀριθμόν Hdt.2.19
; [ τὸ ὕδωρ] ἐς τὸ θερμὸν π. gets hotter, Id.4.181 ;ἐς τούσδε τόπους S.OC 1761
(anap.) ; εἰς ὄψιν, ἐς σὸν βλέφαρον, E.IT 1212, El. 1332 (anap.) ; ;πρὸς ἀλλήλας Plu.2.564b
.4 c. acc. loci,δῶμα πελάζει E.Andr. 1167
(anap.) ; elsewh. dub., S.OC 1060 (fort. εἰς νομόν), Ph. 1150 (but φυγᾷ μ' οὐκέτι.. πελᾶτ' shd. be taken in trans. sense, will no more draw me after you).5 abs., X.Cyr.7.1.48.B causal, only in Poets, bring near or to, freq. in Hom. (Hes. only Op. 431), both of persons and things, [νέας] Κρήτῃ ἐπέλασσεν Od.3.291
, cf. 300 ;με.. γαίῃ Θεσπρωτῶν πέλασεν μέγα κῦμα 14.315
; ;π. τινὰ Ἀχιλῆϊ Il.24.154
, cf. 2.744, etc.; Ζεὺς.. Ἕκτορα νηυσὶ π. let him approach the ships, 13.1 ; νευρὴν μὲν μαζῷ πέλασεν τόξῳ δὲ σίδηρον brought the string up to his breast, etc., of one drawing a bow, 4.123 ; ἐπέλασσα θαλάσσῃ στῆθος, in swimming, Od.14.350 ; πάντας.. πέλασε χθονί brought them to earth, Il.8.277 ;οὔδει τινὰ πελάσσαι 23.719
, etc.; ; βόας ζεύγλᾳ π. Pi.P.4.227 ; δεσμοῖς τινὰ π. A.Pr. 155 (anap.) ;βρόχῳ δέρην E.Alc. 230
(lyr.) ; μὴ πέλαζε μητρί (sc. τέκνα) Id.Med.91 ;κορώνῃ νευρειήν Theoc.25.212
; ἐπεί ἐπέλασσέ γε δαίμων brought [ him so far], Il.15.418, cf. 21.93 ; γόμφοισιν πελάσας [ γύην] when he has fixed [ the plough-tree to the pole] with nails, Hes.Op. 431 : metaph., ἑ.. κακῇς ὀδύνῃσι π. bring him into pain, Il.5.766 ; ἐμὲ.. κράτει πέλασον endue me with might, Pi. O.1.78 ; Βορέᾳ σῶμα π. exposing it.., Ar.Av. 1399 (anap.) ; ἔπος ἐρέω, ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας (sc. αὐτό) having made it firm as adamant, Orac. ap. Hdt.7.141.2 folld. by a Prep.,με.. νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην πέλασαν θεοί Od. 7.254
; , cf. 424 ; alsoδεῦρο π. τινά 5.111
;οὖδάσδε πελάζειν τινά 10.440
.3 [voice] Med., bring near to oneself, οὐκ ἔστιν πελάσασθαι ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἐφικτόν Emp.l.c.C [voice] Pass., like the intr. [voice] Act., come nigh, approach, etc., c. dat.,ἀσπίδες.. ἔπληντ' ἀλλήλῃσι Il.4.449
; πλῆτο χθονί he came near (i. e. sank to) earth, 14.438 ; οὔδεϊ πλῆντο ib. 468 ;σκοπέλῳ πεπλημένος Od. 12.108
: abs., ἐπεὶ τὰ πρῶτα πέλασθεν (sc. τείχει) Il.12.420, cf. A.Th. 144 (lyr.).2 rarely c. gen.,Χρύσης πελασθεὶς φύλακος S.Ph. 1327
.3 folld. by a Prep.,πελασθῆναι ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν Id.OT 213
(lyr.).II approach or wed, of a woman,μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ A.Pr. 897
(lyr.), cf. E.Andr.25 ; v. supr. A. 11.
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