σκίμπτομαι: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to throw, to sling, to throw oneself down, to fall down, to uphold (oneself)</b> (Call. POxy. 2080, 49 [<b class="b3">σ]κιμπ[τόμενο]ν</b> H., also act. <b class="b3">σκίμπτει</b>); <b class="b3">κίμψαντες ἐρείσαντες</b>, <b class="b3">στηρίξαντες</b> H. Details in Solmsen Wortforsch. 206f.; s. also Bechtel Dial.3, 331 (partly diff.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">σκίμψασθαι</b> (Pi.), pass. <b class="b3">σκιμφθῆναι</b> (Hp.), perf. pass. <b class="b3">ἀπ-εσκίμφθαι</b> (Pi.), mostly with <b class="b3">ἐν(ι</b>)- : <b class="b3">ἐν(ι)-σκίμψαι</b> (P 437, Pi., A. R., Nic.), <b class="b3">-σκιμφθῆναι</b> (Π 612 = Ρ 528).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Ep. poet. verb, reminding on the one hand of <b class="b3">σκήπτω</b> (<b class="b3">-ομαι</b>), on the other of <b class="b3">χρίμπτω</b> (<b class="b3">-ομαι</b>); cf. Nic. Th. 336 <b class="b3">ἐνι-σκίμψῃ</b> with vv. ll. <b class="b3">-χρίμψῃ</b> and <b class="b3">-σκήψῃ</b>), perh. arisen from cross of both (vgl. Güntert Reimwortbildungen 29). Usually connceted with <b class="b3">σκίπων</b> (s. v.).

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