παπταίνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An intensive reduplicated formation. It could be connected with πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”), assuming the image of a restless gaze, but this is hardly compelling. There is no good Indo-European etymology. Some Cypriot glosses from Hesychius have been connected, like ἰμπάταον (impátaon, “looked at”) and ἰνκαπάταον (inkapátaon), suggesting a Pre-Greek etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pap.tǎi̯.nɔː/ → /papˈtɛ.no/ → /papˈte.no/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pap.tǎi̯.nɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /papˈtɛ.no/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /papˈtɛ.no/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /papˈte.no/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /papˈte.no/

Verb

πᾰπταίνω • (paptaínō)

1. (Epic) to peer around, look about cautiously

Conjugation

   Present: παπταίνω (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	παπταίνω	παπταίνεις	παπταίνει	παπταίνετον	παπταίνετον	παπταίνομεν	παπταίνετε	παπταίνουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	παπταίνω, παπταίνωμῐ	παπταίνῃς, παπταίνῃσθᾰ	παπταίνῃ, παπταίνῃσῐ	παπταίνητον	παπταίνητον	παπταίνωμεν	παπταίνητε	παπταίνωσῐ(ν)
	optative	παπταίνοιμῐ	παπταίνοισ(θᾰ)	παπταίνοι	παπταίνοιτον	παπταινοίτην	παπταίνοιμεν	παπταίνοιτε	παπταίνοιεν
	imperative		πάπταινε	παπταινέτω	παπταίνετον	παπταινέτων		παπταίνετε	παπταινόντων
		active
infinitive		παπταίνειν/παπταινέμεν(αι)/παπταινμέναι
participle	m	παπταίνων
	f	παπταίνουσᾰ
	n	παπταῖνον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐπάπτηνᾰ (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπάπτηνᾰ	ἐπάπτηνᾰς	ἐπάπτηνε(ν)	ἐπαπτήνᾰτον	ἐπαπτηνᾰ́την	ἐπαπτήνᾰμεν	ἐπαπτήνᾰτε	ἐπάπτηνᾰν
	subjunctive	παπτήνω, παπτήνωμῐ	παπτήνῃς, παπτήνῃσθᾰ	παπτήνῃ, παπτήνῃσῐ	παπτήνητον	παπτήνητον	παπτήνωμεν	παπτήνητε	παπτήνωσῐ(ν)
	optative	παπτήναιμῐ	παπτήναις, παπτήναισθᾰ, παπτήνειᾰς	παπτήνειε(ν), παπτήναι	παπτηνεῖτον	παπτηνείτην	παπτηνεῖμεν	παπτηνεῖτε	παπτηνεῖεν
	imperative		πάπτηνον	παπτηνᾰ́τω	παπτήνᾰτον	παπτηνᾰ́των		παπτήνᾰτε	παπτηνᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		παπτῆναι/παπτηνᾰ́μεν/παπτηνᾰμέναι
participle	m	παπτήνᾱς
	f	παπτήνᾱσᾰ
	n	παπτῆνᾰν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: πάπτηνᾰ (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πάπτηνᾰ	πάπτηνᾰς	πάπτηνε(ν)	παπτήνᾰτον	παπτηνᾰ́την	παπτήνᾰμεν	παπτήνᾰτε	πάπτηνᾰν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀποπᾰπταίνω (apopaptaínō)
• δῐᾰπᾰπταίνω (diapaptaínō)
• περῐπᾰπταίνω (peripaptaínō)

 

Further reading

• “παπταίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παπταίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “παπταίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• παπταίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παπταίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “παπταίνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • espy idem, page 282.
  • glare idem, page 361.
  • look idem, page 498.
  • peer idem, page 602.
  • pry idem, page 655.
  • spy idem, page 807.
• 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