νυστάζω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[slumber]], [[be sleepy]].<br />Other forms: most pres. (Hp., Att.), aor. <b class="b3">-άξαι</b> (Thphr., LXX), <b class="b3">-άσαι</b> (Dionys. Corn., AP).<br />Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>.<br />Derivatives: [[νυσταγμός]] m. [[drowsiness]] (Hp., LXX), [[νύσταγμα]] n. [[nap]], [[short sleep]] (LXX), [[νύσταξις]] H. as explanation of [[νῶκαρ]]; [[νυστακτής]] as adjunct of [[ὕπνος]] (Ar. V. 12, Alciphr.), <b class="b3">-ακτικῶς</b> [[in a sleepy way]] (Gal.). Also [[νυσταλέος]] [[sleepy]] (Aret., H.), after [[ὑπναλέος]] with jumping over of the presentsuffix (Debrunner IF 23, 18), [[νύσταλος]] (Com. Adesp.) wit <b class="b3">νυσταλωπιᾶν νυστάζειν</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [987] <b class="b2">*snud-</b> [[sleepy]], [[slumber]]<br />Etymology: Of [[νυστάζω]] strongly remind some Baltic expressions for [[slumber]], [[sleepy]], e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">snús-tu</b>, <b class="b2">snúd-au</b>, <b class="b2">snús-ti</b> [[slumber away]] with <b class="b2">snud-à</b>, <b class="b2">snùd-is</b> [[sleeper]], [[dreamer]]; with diff. ablaut <b class="b2">snáud-žiu</b>, <b class="b2">snáus-ti</b> [[slumber]]; further with <b class="b2">l-</b>suffix but independent of [[νυσταλέος]] Lith. <b class="b2">snaudãlius</b> [[sleepy man]], Latv. [[snaudule]] [[sleepy-head]] (de Saussure MSL 6, 76 = Rec. 412, Schulze KZ 29, 263 = Kl. Schr. 376). Then <b class="b3">-τάζω</b> is purely enlarging as in <b class="b3">κλασ-τάζω</b> (<b class="b3">κλα[σ</b>]- or <b class="b3">κλαδ-</b>), [[βαστάζω]] (<b class="b3">βαδ-</b>?) a.o.; cf. Schwyzer 706. If right, the old obvious connection with [[νεύω]] [[nod]] (thus still Schwyzer 348; against it Georgacas Glotta 36, 173) must fall. -- After Solmsen Glotta 2, 75 ff., here also [[νυθόν]], [[νοῦθος]] (s.v.); very doubtful.