πτοέω

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

This verb is a secondary formation and it goes back to older *πτω-έω (*ptō-éō) (compare πτώξ (ptṓx, hare)); πτοιέω (ptoiéō) and other forms are derived from it by metrical lengthening. The old combination with Latin paveō (I fear, dread) is accepted by Merlingen, starting from Proto-Indo-European *tpew-. However, Hackstein reconstructs *ptoh₂eyeti. See also πτήσσω (ptḗssō, to duck, crouch).

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Verb[edit]

πτοέω (ptoéō)

  1. to terrify, scare, dismay
  2. (figuratively) to flutter, excite by any passion

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Further reading[edit]

  • πτοέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πτοέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • πτοέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πτοέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πτοιέω 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