ἑάφθη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=found only in <span class="bibl">Il.13.543</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δ' ἀσπὶς ἑάφθη καὶ κόρυς</b> and <span class="bibl">14.419</span> <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἀσπὶς ἑάφθη</b>. (Acc. to Tyrannio ap.Sch.A, = [[ἥφθη]], upon him [[was fastened]], i.e. to him [[clung]], his shield; acc. to Aristarch., connected with [[ἕπομαι]], shield and helmet [[followed after]]: [[ἑ]]- Aristarch., [[ἐ]]- most Mss.; possibly connected with [[ἰάπτω]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), [[was hurled]] over him; glossed by [[ἐκάμφθη]], [[ἐβλάβη]], Hsch.)  

|lsmtext='''ἑάφθη:''' πιθ. Επικ. αντί <i>ἥφθη</i>, Παθ. αόρ. αʹ του [[ἅπτω]]· ἐπ' [[αὐτῷ]] ἀσπὶς [[ἑάφθη]] η [[ασπίδα]] επιρρίφθηκε πάνω του ή προσκολλήθηκε πάνω του, δηλ. έπεσαν μαζί, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: uncertain (sank?, [[fell]]?, of <b class="b3">ἀσπὶς καὶ κόρυς Ν</b> 543, Ι 419).<br />Other forms: Aor.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [906] <b class="b2">*sengʷ</b>ʰ- [[to sing]]<br />Etymology: Already in antiquity unknown: by Tyrannion ap. sch. A explained as [[ἥφθη]]; Aristarch connected it with [[ἕπομαι]]; acc. to H. = [[ἐκάμφθη]], [[ἐβλάβη]]; all just speculation. Modern scholars proposed other explanations: to [[ἰάπτω]] (K. Meister HK 110 n. 2; see s. v.), to Goth. [[sigqan]] [[sink]] etc. (J. Schmidt Kritik 62ff. Meier-Brügger, MSS 59 (1989) 91-96 supposed <b class="b2">*sengʷ</b>ʰ-, Goth. [[siggwan]] [[sing]], of a dying warrior (?).