διστάζω: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">hesitate, be uncertain, doubt</b> (Pl.)<br />Other forms: fut. <b class="b3">διστάσω</b><br />Derivatives: Analogical <b class="b3">δισταγμός</b> (Agatharch.), <b class="b3">δίσταγμα</b> (Phld.), <b class="b3">διστακτικός</b> (A. D.), <b class="b3">διστάξιμος</b> (Ptol.), <b class="b3">διστασμός</b> (Thphr.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228, 232] <b class="b2">*du̯i-s-</b> [[double]]<br />Etymology: Since Solmsen (KZ 37, 20f., IF 14, 437) considered a denominative of <b class="b3">*δι-στ-ος</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">dvi-ṣṭh-a-</b> [[double]], awno. <b class="b2">tvi-st-r</b> prop. *twofold, [[sad]], IE <b class="b2">*du̯i-sth₂-o-</b>, from <b class="b2">du̯i-</b> (s. [[δίς]]) and <b class="b2">steh₂-</b> [[stand]] (s. [[ἵστημι]]); cf. [[δύστηνος]]. But it could also be a derivation of <b class="b3">δίζω</b>, cf. <b class="b3">ἑρπυστάζω</b> beside <b class="b3">ἑρπύζω</b>, <b class="b3">κλαστάζω</b> beside <b class="b3">κλάω</b> etc. (Schwyzer 706).

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