δράσσομαι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[grasp]], [[take handfulls]] (Il., Ion.-Att.).<br />Other forms: [[δράττομαι]], aor. [[δράξασθαι]], perf. [[δέδραγμαι]]<br />Compounds: Compp. with <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>.<br />Derivatives: [[δράγμα]] <b class="b2">handfull, especially of (stalk of) corn</b> (Il.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 241) with [[δραγμεύω]] [[collect sheaves]] (Σ 555) as from [[δραγμός]] (E. Kyk. 170) for metrically impossible [[δραγματεύω]] (Eust. 1162, 17); - also [[δραγμίς]] [[small handfull]] (Hp. Morb. 2, 55 [[varia lectio|v.l.]] of [[δραχμίς]]), [[δραγμή]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (EM); [[δραχμη]] s. v.; [[δράγδην]] [[grasping with the hand]] (Plu., Q. S.). - Retrograde [[δράξ]], <b class="b3">-κός</b> f. [[handfull]] (LXX); with metathesis <b class="b3">δάρκες δέσμαι</b> H. - [[δραγατεύω]] ([[δραξών]]) s. v. - Unclear [[δρακτόν]] [[small vase]] (inscr.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Jot-present from <b class="b3">*δρακ-</b> or <b class="b3">*δράχ-ι̯ομαι</b>, with generalized zero grade. No relatives known (one considered Arm. <b class="b2">trc`-ak</b> [[Reisigbündel]] (Petersson KZ 47, 265); orig. final <b class="b2">-c`</b> will continue a combination of velars; between [[t-]] and [[r]] (evtl. between [[r]] and <b class="b2">c`</b>) an IE [[ē]] or [[ō]] (PArm. [[i]] or [[u]]) must have disappeared. OCS [[po-dragъ]] [[edge]], [[border of cloth]] is very uncertain. See Bq s. v. - See on [[δραχμη]].