ἄπφα
Ἐπηγγείλατο εἰς ἐπανόρθωσιν τῆς πόλεως διὰ τὸ εἶναι ευσεβεστάτη καὶ κηδεμονικὴ. → She pledged herself to the reconstruction of the city because of her being most pious and dutiful.
French (Bailly abrégé)
indécl.
1 papa, petit père mot d’amitié;
2 frérot, sœurette mot d’enfant ; mot de tendresse entre amoureux.
Étymologie: DELG mot familier.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: endearing address between brothers and sisters, also beloved ones (Eust.)
Derivatives: ἀπφίον (Eust.), ἀπφάριον (Xenarch., Smyrna), ἀπφίδιον (Schol.); also ἀπφία (Poll., H.), ἀπφῦς m. papa (Theok.), expressive but unexplained.
Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]
Etymology: Elementary term, cf. unaspirated ἄππα etc. See Chantraine REGr. 59-60, 245, Kretschmer Glotta 16, 184 m. On the phonetics s. Lejeune Traité 61.
Frisk Etymology German
ἄπφα: (Eust.),
{áppha}
Forms: ἀπφίον (Eust.), ἀπφάριον (Xenarch., Smyrna), ἀπφίδιον (Schol.); auch ἀπφία (Poll., H.), ἀπφῦς m. (Theok.).
Meaning: Schmeichelnde Anrede an den Vater und an andere Personen, auch unter Liebenden. Elementarschöpfung, vgl. das unaspirierte ἄππα usw.
Etymology : Dazu Chantraine REGr. 59-60, 245, Kretschmer Glotta 16, 184 m. Lit.; zum Lautlichen Lejeune Traité de phonétique 61.
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