πιππίζω
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
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.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πιππίζω: (о птенцах) пищать Arph.
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).
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.
Frisk Etymology German
πιππίζω: {pip(p)ízō}
Meaning: piepen (Ar. Av. 306),
Etymology: Schallwort wie lat. pīp(il)āre, nhd. piepen u. a. m. (W.-Hofmann s.v.); vgl. πιπώ.
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