sprh₂(e)g-

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `crackle, sizzle' (ι 390), `teem, be full unto bursting' (ι 440).

Other forms: only ipf. σφαραγεῦντο; also σφαραγίζω in ἐσφαράγιζον `excited (with noise)' (Hes. Th. 706), -ίζει βροντᾳ̃, ταράττει, ψοφεῖ H.;

Derivatives: σφάραγος = ψόφος H., further only as 2. member, e.g. ἐρι- σφαραγέομαι `with loud noise' (h. Merc. a.o.), βαρυ- σφαραγέομαι `with dull noise' (Pi.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [996] * sprh₂(e)g- `to bust, crackle'

Etymology: Old inherited soundword (on the formation cf. σμαραγέω) with near cognates in Skt. sphū́rjati, -áyati `crackle, drone', Balt., e.g. Lith. sprag-ù, ė́ti `crackle, creak', Germ., e.g. OE sprecan, OHG sprehhan `spreak' etc.; besides in the sense of `(with bang) burst, break up etc.' Skt. sphū́rjati `break up', Balt., e.g. Lith. spróg-stu, -ti `break up, burst, but', to which also σπαργάω; s. v. w. lit. a. further forms. After Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 198ff. σφαρα-γέομαι, ( ἐρι) - σφάραγος would be old defigurements of σμαραγέω, ( ἐρι)-σμάραγος resp. σπαργέω, - άω(?). -- Cf. σφραγίς.

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