φρίσσω

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of φρίξ (phríx, shivering).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Verb[edit]

φρίσσω (phríssō)

  1. to be rough
  2. to shiver, shudder, tremble
    • New Testament, Epistle of James 2:19:
      σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ θεός; καλῶς ποιεῖς· καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρίσσουσιν.
      sù pisteúeis hóti heîs estin ho theós? kalôs poieîs; kaì tà daimónia pisteúousin kaì phríssousin.
      Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

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Further reading[edit]

  • φρίσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φρίσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φρίσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φρίσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φρίσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • 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