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1 σκαρδαμύσσω
Grammatical information: v,Meaning: `to blink, to twinkle' (Hp., E., X., Arist.).Derivatives: σκαρδαμ-ύκτης m. `blinker', - υκτικός `blinking' (Arist.), - υκτέω `to blink' (Luc., Porph.), - υγμός m. `the blinking' (Antyll. ap. Orib.). -- With α priv. ἀ-σκαρδάμ-υκτος, adv. - υκτί `not blinking, without blinking' (Ar., X, Luc. a. o.), - ύκτης `one who does not blink' (Hp.), - υκτέω (Sch.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S)Etymology: Expressive-popular formation in - ύσσω (after ἀμαρ-, αἰθ-ύσσω? Debrunner IF 21, 242), first from a verbal noun, e.g. *σκαρδαμός (cf. on ῥαθάμιγξ). Further connection quite hypothetic: to σκαίρω, κραδάω as expression of a movement with convulsions? -- The word is no doubt of Pre-Greek origin.Page in Frisk: 2,720Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σκαρδαμύσσω
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