πιππίζω
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
English (LSJ)
A pipe, cheep, or chirp like young birds, Ar.Av.306.
German (Pape)
[Seite 618] auch πιπίζω geschrieben, piepen, wie junge Vögel schreien, Ar. Av. 307; vom Wiedehopf, Poll. 5, 89.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πιππίζω: κάμνω πῖ πῖ, ἐπὶ ὀρνέων, ἰοὺ ἰοὺ τῶν ὀρνέων, ἰοὺ τῶν κοψίχων οἷα πιππίζουσι καὶ τρέχουσι διακεκραγότες Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 307· τὰ Ἀντίγραφ. ἐνίοτε ἔχουσι πιπίζω. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «πιπ(π)ίζειν· κατὰ μίμησιν ἡ λέξις πεποίηται τῆς τῶν ὀρνέων φωνῆς».
Greek Monolingual
Α
βλ. πιπίζω (Ι).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πιππίζω: (о птенцах) пищать Arph.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: to beep (Ar. Av. 306),
Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]
Etymology: Onomatop. word like Lat. pīp(il)āre, NHG piepen etc. (W.-Hofmann s.v.); cf. πιπώ.
