ποτιπτήσσω

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βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels

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Transliteration A: potiptḗssō Transliteration B: potiptēssō Transliteration C: potiptisso Beta Code: potipth/ssw

English (LSJ)

   A = προσπτ- (which is not found), crouch or cower towards, ἀκταὶ λιμένος ποτιπεπτηυῖαι (Ep. pf. part.) verging towards it, so as to shut it in, Od.13.98.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ποτιπτήσσω: Δωρ. ἀντὶ προσπτ- (ὅπερ ἄχρηστον, συμμαζώνομαι πλησίον, προσκλίνω, ἀκταὶ λιμένος ποτιπεπτηυῖαι (Ἐπικ. μετοχ. πρκμ.), προσκλίνουσαι οὕτως ὥστε νὰ ἐγκλείωσιν. αὐτόν, Ὀδ. Ν. 98· ― ὅπερ ὁ Heyne καὶ ἕτεροι λαμβάνουσιν ὡς Ἐπικ., ἀντὶ προσπεπτωκυῖαι ἐκ τοῦ προσπίπτω, ἀλλὰ πρβλ. πτήσσω.

French (Bailly abrégé)

part pf. fém. pl. ποτιπεπτηυῖαι;
s’appuyer contre, càd couvrir, protéger en parl. des pointes de terre à l’extrémité d’un port.
Étymologie: épq. p. *προσ-πτήσσω.