πιππίζω

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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.