παιφάσσω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a reduplicated intensive present, but the uncertain meaning does not allow us to establish an etymology.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pai̯.pʰás.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pɛˈpʰas.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pɛˈɸas.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈfas.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈfa.so/
Verb
[edit]παιφᾰ́σσω • (paiphắssō)
- to dart, rush about
- (transitive) to wave violently
Inflection
[edit] Present: παιφᾰ́σσω, παιφᾰ́σσομαι
Derived terms
[edit]- ἐκπαιφᾰ́σσω (ekpaiphắssō)
- περῐπαιφᾰ́σσω (perĭpaiphắssō)
Further reading
[edit]- “παιφάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παιφάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “παιφάσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παιφάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παιφάσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN