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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master

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|etymtx=-ίη<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[joy]], [[play]] (S. Fr. 3, Nic. Th. 880);<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">ἀψίαι ἑορταί</b>. [[Λάκωνες]] H.; [[ψιά]] H., [[ψιάδδειν]] = [[παίζειν]] (Ar.). Perhaps <b class="b3">ψίνθος τέρψις</b> H.<br />Compounds: as 2. member in <b class="b3">φιλ-έψιος</b> (Com.), <b class="b3">ὁμ-έψιος</b> (AP ). Also n. pl. <b class="b3">ἕψεια παίγνια</b> H., [[ἕψια]] (EM). Postverbal from [[ἑψιάομαι]], <b class="b3">-άσασθαι</b>, also with <b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐφ-</b>, <b class="b3">καθ-</b>, <b class="b2">(en)joy, play</b> (Od.; cf. Wackernagel Unt. 46f.).<br />Derivatives: Also, through loss of the anlauting vowel (Strömberg Wortstudien 45), [[ψιάδδειν]] = [[παίζειν]] (Ar. Lys. 1302 [lyr.], H.), <b class="b3">ψιά χαρά</b>, [[γελοίασμα]], [[παίγνια]] H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formation like the "verbs of disease" in <b class="b3">-ιάω</b> (Schwyzer 732); further unclear. Obsolete hypotheses in Bq. - Note the variations: <b class="b3">ἐ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἑ- ἀ</b>, stress on first or second syllable and [[ψιά]] H., [[ψιάδδειν]]; the word will be Pre-Greek (Fur. 139, 352, 376). - Meier-Brügger, MSS 50 (1989) assumes a noun <b class="b2">*sengʷ</b>ʰ<b class="b2">-ti-</b> [[singing]], with <b class="b3">*῎῎ἔψις</b> from <b class="b3">*εμψις</b>; one asks why <b class="b3">*ἕμψις</b> was not retained; it does not explain the variations; also there is no reason to assume that the word primarily referred to music.
|etymtx=-ίη<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[joy]], [[play]] (S. Fr. 3, Nic. Th. 880);<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">ἀψίαι ἑορταί</b>. [[Λάκωνες]] H.; [[ψιά]] H., [[ψιάδδειν]] = [[παίζειν]] (Ar.). Perhaps <b class="b3">ψίνθος τέρψις</b> H.<br />Compounds: as 2. member in <b class="b3">φιλ-έψιος</b> (Com.), <b class="b3">ὁμ-έψιος</b> (AP ). Also n. pl. <b class="b3">ἕψεια παίγνια</b> H., [[ἕψια]] (EM). Postverbal from [[ἑψιάομαι]], <b class="b3">-άσασθαι</b>, also with <b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐφ-</b>, <b class="b3">καθ-</b>, <b class="b2">(en)joy, play</b> (Od.; cf. Wackernagel Unt. 46f.).<br />Derivatives: Also, through loss of the anlauting vowel (Strömberg Wortstudien 45), [[ψιάδδειν]] = [[παίζειν]] (Ar. Lys. 1302 [lyr.], H.), <b class="b3">ψιά χαρά</b>, [[γελοίασμα]], [[παίγνια]] H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formation like the "verbs of disease" in <b class="b3">-ιάω</b> (Schwyzer 732); further unclear. Obsolete hypotheses in Bq. - Note the variations: <b class="b3">ἐ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἑ- ἀ</b>, stress on first or second syllable and [[ψιά]] H., [[ψιάδδειν]]; the word will be Pre-Greek (Fur. 139, 352, 376). - Meier-Brügger, MSS 50 (1989) assumes a noun <b class="b2">*sengʷ</b>ʰ[[-ti-]] [[singing]], with <b class="b3">*῎῎ἔψις</b> from <b class="b3">*εμψις</b>; one asks why <b class="b3">*ἕμψις</b> was not retained; it does not explain the variations; also there is no reason to assume that the word primarily referred to music.
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Full diacritics: ἑψία Medium diacritics: ἑψία Low diacritics: εψία Capitals: ΕΨΙΑ
Transliteration A: hepsía Transliteration B: hepsia Transliteration C: epsia Beta Code: e(yi/a

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], Ion. ἑψίη, ἡ, A amusement, S.Fr.3; plaything, Nic.Th.880: pl., ἔψια, τά, EM406.8; ἕψεια, Hsch. (Etym. uncertain: derived by Hsch. from ἕπρμαι, by EM from ἔπος. The connection with Lat. jocus is doubtful.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1132] ἡ, ion. ἑψίη, auch ἑψιά u. nach den alten Grammatikern ἐψία geschrieben,.Soph. frg. 4; bei Hesych., der es von ἕπομαι ableitet, ὁμιλία erkl. Bei Nic. Al. 880, σπέρμ' ὀλοὸν κνίδης, ἥθ' ἑψίη ἔπλετο κούροις, ist es = Scherz, Spiel.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἑψία: Ἰων. ἑψίη, ἡ, (ψῐά, ψειὰ) παιγνίδιον ὅπερ ἐπαίζετο διὰ ψηφιδίων: καθόλου, παιδιά, παιγνίδιον, Νικ. Θ. 880· «ἑψία· γέλως, παιδιά, χλεύη, ἔφοδος· ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕπεσθαι. ὁμιλία. Σοφοκλῆς Ἀθάμαντι δευτέρῳ (Ἀποσπ. Σοφ. 4.) «Ἡσύχ. Ὑπάρχει πληθ. τύπος ἔψια ἢ ἕψια, τά, ἐν Ἐτυμολ. Μ. 406. 8, ἑρμηνευόμενα: «τὰ ἀπὸ λόγων παίγνια», παρὰ δὲ Ἡσυχ. «ἕψεια· παίγνια».

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
1 entretien familier;
2 amusement, badinage.
Étymologie: cf. ἔπος.

Greek Monolingual

(I)
ἑψία, ἡ (Μ) ἕψω
μαγείρεμα, βράσιμο, ψήσιμο.
(II)
ἑψία και ιων. τ. ἑψίη, ἡ (Α)
1. παιχνίδι που παιζόταν με ψηφίδες, με πετραδάκια
2. γεν. παιχνίδι, παιδιά, ψυχαγωγία, διασκέδαση
3. (στο Μέγα Ετυμολογικόν υπάρχει και ο πληθ.) τὰ ἔψια
«τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων παίγνια»
4. (στον Ησύχ.) «ἕψεια
παίγνια».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Υποχωρητικό παρ. του ἑψιῶμαι].

Greek Monotonic

ἑψία: Ιων. -ίη, ἡ, παιχνίδι που παιζόταν με χαλίκια, πετραδάκια.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἑψία: ἡ досл. игра в камешки, перен. забава, развлечение Soph.

Frisk Etymological English

-ίη
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: joy, play (S. Fr. 3, Nic. Th. 880);
Other forms: Also ἀψίαι ἑορταί. Λάκωνες H.; ψιά H., ψιάδδειν = παίζειν (Ar.). Perhaps ψίνθος τέρψις H.
Compounds: as 2. member in φιλ-έψιος (Com.), ὁμ-έψιος (AP ). Also n. pl. ἕψεια παίγνια H., ἕψια (EM). Postverbal from ἑψιάομαι, -άσασθαι, also with ἀφ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, (en)joy, play (Od.; cf. Wackernagel Unt. 46f.).
Derivatives: Also, through loss of the anlauting vowel (Strömberg Wortstudien 45), ψιάδδειν = παίζειν (Ar. Lys. 1302 [lyr.], H.), ψιά χαρά, γελοίασμα, παίγνια H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Formation like the "verbs of disease" in -ιάω (Schwyzer 732); further unclear. Obsolete hypotheses in Bq. - Note the variations: ἐ-, ἑ- ἀ, stress on first or second syllable and ψιά H., ψιάδδειν; the word will be Pre-Greek (Fur. 139, 352, 376). - Meier-Brügger, MSS 50 (1989) assumes a noun *sengʷʰ-ti- singing, with *῎῎ἔψις from *εμψις; one asks why *ἕμψις was not retained; it does not explain the variations; also there is no reason to assume that the word primarily referred to music.

Middle Liddell

ἑψία, ἡ,
a game played with pebbles.

Frisk Etymology German

ἑψία: -ίη
{hepsía}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Vergnügung, Spiel (S. Fr. 3, Nik. Th. 880);
Composita : als Hinterglied in φιλέψιος (Kom.), ὁμέψιος (AP u. a.). Auch n. pl. ἕψεια· παίγνια H., ἕψια (EM). Postverbal von ἑψιάομαι, -άσασθαι, auch mit ἀφ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, sich vergnügen, spielen (ep. seit Od.; vgl. Wackernagel Unt. 46f.).
Derivative: Daneben, wahrscheinlich durch Wegfall des anlautenden Vokals (Strömberg Wortstudien 45), ψιάδδειν = παίζειν (Ar. Lys. 1302 [lyr.], H.), ψιά· χαρά, γελοίασμα, παίγνια H.
Etymology : Bildung wie die "Krankheitsverba" auf -ιάω (Schwyzer 732); sonst dunkel. Veraltete Hypothesen sind bei Bq notiert.
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