δαδύσσομαι
From LSJ
τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀναγκαῖον γίγνεσθαι πάροδον καὶ τροπὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων → but if this were so, there would have to be passings and turnings of the fixed stars
English (LSJ)
A to be distracted, ἐν ὅσσῳ δέει δαδύσσεσθε Sophr.117.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: to be distracted (Sophr. 117, H.); H. also δαιδύσσεσθαι ἕλκεσθαι and δαιδήσσουσι (for *δαιδύσσουσι?) βασανίζουσι.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Since Roscher and Osthoff IF 5, 282 connected with Lat. dūco = Goth. tiuhan draw (cf. ἀδευκής, ἐνδυκέως), with intensive reduplication: *δαιδυκι̯ομαι. δα- late notation for δαι- ? (Schwyzer 841). Chantr. does not repeat this approach.
