πόρπη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ<b class="b3">, (πείρω)</b> = [[περόνη]], [[brooch]], [[clasp]] for fastening dresses, esp. on the shoulders; used for piercing the eyes, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>62</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>1170</span>: mostly pl., of the fastenings for women's dresses, <span class="bibl">Il.18.401</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>163</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>318</span>, etc.; worn as emblem of rank by <b class="b3">συγγενεῖς τῶν βασιλέων</b>, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">1 Ma.</span>10.89</span>; by a Roman officer,=[[fibula]], IGRom.1.1299 (Egypt); of a [[hair-clasp]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dom.</span> 7</span>.

|elnltext=πόρπη -ης, ἡ [πείρω] gesp, pin (van een kledingstuk); haarspeld. Luc. 10.7.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[clasp]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[πορπίον]], <b class="b3">-άω</b>, <b class="b3">-ημα</b>, <b class="b3">-όομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ωμα</b>; with <b class="b3">κ-</b>suffix [[πόρπαξ]], <b class="b3">-ακος</b> m. ring or loop on the inner (bulging) side of a shield (B., S., E. Ar), part of the headgear of a horse (E. Rh. 385) with <b class="b3">-ακιζομαι</b> (Ar.); prop. Dorian expression, s. Chantraine Form. 381, Björck Alpha impurum 296f.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The word has been interpreted as [[broken]] reduplication of [[πείρω]] (Bq., WP 2, 39, Schwyzer 423), or from <b class="b2">*pork-u̯a</b> to [[πόρκης]] (WP 2, 39, Hofm. 280). -- Furnée 163 connects <b class="b3">πορφὶτῳ περόνῃ</b> H. and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek.