πῖδαξ
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ἡ,
A spring, fountain, μάχεσθον π. ἀμφ' ὀλίγης Il.16.825, cf. Theoc.7.142, Call.Ap.112, etc.; [γῆ] ἔπυδρος πίδαξι Hdt.4.198 ; οὐρειᾶν πιδάκων . . ῥοαῖς E.Andr.285 (lyr.) ; π. ῥωγός AP6.238 (Apollonid.), cf. 158 (Tull. Sab.), 334 (Leon.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 612] ακος, ἡ, Quell, Quelle; Il. 16, 825; ὀρειᾶν πιδάκων ἐν ῥοαῖς, Eur. Andr. 284; sp. D., wie πίδακα βαιοῦ ῥαγὸς ἔχω, Apollds. 5 (VI, 238); Her. 4, 198, Quellwasser.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ακος (ἡ) :
1 source;
2 eau de source.
Étymologie: R. Πι, boire ; cf. πιδύω.
English (Autenrieth)
ακος: spring, fount, Il. 16.825†.
Greek Monotonic
πῖδαξ: -ᾰκος, ἡ, πηγή, πίδακας, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ., Ηρόδ., Ευρ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πῖδαξ: ᾰκος ἡ источник, родник, ключ Hom., Her. etc.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πῖδαξ -ακος, ἡ bron.
Frisk Etymological English
-ακος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: outpouring, gusher (ep. Ion. poet. Π 825).
Compounds: πολυ-πῖδαξ having many springs (Il.; on the form of the 2. member Sommer Nominalkomp. 69f.).
Derivatives: πιδακ-ῖτις f. belonging to a spring (Hp. Ep.; Redard 25), -όεις rich in springs (E.), -ώδης id. (Plu.). -- Also πιδήεσσα f. id. (Ἴδη Λ 183; well attested v.l. πηδ-; s. πηδός); πιδυλίς (cod. πηδ-) πέτρα, ἐξ ἧς ὕδωρ ῥέει H. -- Verbs: πιδάω also w. δια-, to spring, to spout up (Arist.); πιδύω also w. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, id. (Hp., Arist., Thphr.); πίδυσις f. trickling through (Hp.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Given the strong productivity and formal variation of the nouns in -αξ (Chantraine Form. 276ff., Schwyzer 497) the basis of πῖδαξ cannot be ascertained. A noun *πίδ-η, -ος may be assumed because of πιδάω, -ήεσσσα; but πιδ-ύω, and -υλίς point best to an υ-stem *πῖδυς. -- Certain cognates outside Greek have not been found; one compares since Fick (1, 482; 3, 241; cf. also Curtius 655) the Germ. words for fat, e.g. OWNo. feitr, MHG veiz, PGm. *faita-, OWNo. fita f. fat, PGm. *fitō-n-; IE *poid-: pid-. If one seprates the -d- one comes to pi- in πῖαρ etc. (s. v.). but this is long; a connection, which semantically fits better for the Germ. then for the Greek words. Cf. also πίσεα and πίτυς. - The word could well be Pre-Greek (Furnée 259),
