ῥοφέω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to slurp, to gulp</b>, also nasalized <b class="b3">ῥυμφάνω</b> (Hp.; Bechtel Dial. 3, 198).<br />Other forms: Fut. <b class="b3">ῥοφήσομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ω</b>, aor. <b class="b3">ῥοφῆσαι</b> (Ar., X., Arist.; also Hp.), Ion. (Hippon., Hp.) <b class="b3">ῥυφέω</b>, <b class="b3">-ῆσαι</b>, also <b class="b3">ῥυμφάνω</b> (Jouanna, RPh 55 (1981)205-13). Rarely <b class="b3">-άω</b> (late).<br />Compounds: Also w. <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b> a.o.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ῥόφ-ημα</b> (<b class="b3">ῥύφ-</b>) n. "dish, which is slurped", [[thick broth]], [[soup]] (Hp., Arist.) with <b class="b3">-ημάτιον</b> (A. D.), <b class="b3">-ηματώδης</b> [[soup-like]] (medic.); <b class="b3">-ησις</b> (<b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>) f. [[slurping]] (Arist., medic.), <b class="b3">-ητός</b> [[apt for slurping]] (Str., medic.), <b class="b3">-ητικός</b> [[slurping]] (Str.); also <b class="b3">ῥόμμα</b> = <b class="b3">ῥόφημα</b>, <b class="b3">ῥοπτός</b> = <b class="b3">ῥοφητός</b> (Hp. ap. Gal.), as if from <b class="b3">ῥόφω</b> (EM); <b class="b3">ῥόφισμα</b> n. (Cyran.: <b class="b3">*ῥοφίζω</b>).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1001] <b class="b2">*s(e)rbh-</b> [[slurp]].<br />Etymology: Iterative-intensive formation with many near cognates, which mostly represent a zero grade, IE <b class="b2">*sr̥bh-</b>; Arm. [[arbi]] [[I drank]] (pres. [[ǝmpem]] prob. to <b class="b3">πίνω</b>), Lith. <b class="b2">surbiù</b>, <b class="b2">sur̃bti</b> [[suck]], OCS [[srъbati]], Russ. <b class="b2">serbátь</b> [[slurp]], Lat. [[sorbeō]] <b class="b2">id.</b>. Given these forms one is tempted to consider also <b class="b3">ῥυφέω</b> as zero grade (Schwyzer 351 f.). A primary full grade present is retained in Lith. <b class="b2">srebiù</b>, <b class="b2">srė̃bti</b> <b class="b2">eat (liquid food) wit a spoon</b>, IE <b class="b2">*srebh-</b>; beside it IE <b class="b2">*serbh-</b> in Alb. [[gjerp]] [[slurp]] (the form seems to go back on <b class="b2">*sorbʰ-eyo</b>, Huld Alb. Etymologies 143). To a primary verb with remarkable <b class="b2">o-</b>vocalism (prob. after <b class="b3">ῥοφέω</b>) seem to go back also <b class="b3">ῥόμμα</b>, <b class="b3">ῥοπτός</b>. The widespread family is also found in German. (e.g. MHG [[sürpfeln]], Swed. [[sörpla]] [[slurp]] with secondary [[pf]] resp. [[p]]) and in Iran. (Psht. [[rawdǝl]] [[suck]] a.o.; Morgenstierne Pashto s.v., Sarūpa- Bhāratī [1954] 1). -- WP. 2, 704, Pok. 1001, W.-Hofmann s. [[sorbeō]], Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">sur̃bti</b>, Vasmer s. <b class="b2">serbátь</b> w. further forms a. lit. -- Cf. [[ῥυβδέω]]. -- The form <b class="b3">ῥυφ-</b> will rather be an (omomatop.?) byform.