βάλε
ᾗ μήτε χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει → content neither with cloak nor rug, be never satisfied, can't get no satisfaction, be hard to please
English (LSJ)
O that! would God! c. opt., Alcm.26, Call.Hec.26.2; cf. ἄβαλε.
Spanish (DGE)
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
c. opt. prob. imperat. de aor. c. valor de interj. ojalá βάλε δὴ βάλε κήρυλος εἴην Alcm.26.2, βάλε μοι, βάλε τὸ τρίτον εἴη Call.Fr.254.2, cf. Hsch.; cf. ἀβάλε.
German (Pape)
[Seite 428] o daß doch! wollte Gott! c. opt., Alcm. frg. 12. S. ἄβαλε.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
βάλε imperat. aor. 2 sing. of ep. aor. indic. 3 sing. van βάλλω.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: interj. w. opt.
Meaning: o that! (Alcm.);
Other forms: also ἄβάλε, ἄβάλε (= ἆ βάλε) w. ind. and inf. (Call.).
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: Prob. with P. Diels KZ 43, 190ff., Kretschmer Glotta 3, 162 ipv. aor. of βάλλω; cf. now Stürmer, IF 48 (1930) 227; like the Lithuanian permissive particle te-gùl.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βάλε: εἴθε! μετ’ εὐκτ., Ἀλκμὰν Ἀποσπ. 12· πρβλ. ἄβαλε. (κυρίως, προστακτ. τοῦ βάλλω).
Frisk Etymology German
βάλε: {bále}
Grammar: Interj. m. Opt.
Meaning: o daß doch! (Alkm., Kall.);
Derivative: auch ἄβαλε (ἆ βάλε) m. Ind. und Inf. (Kall. u. andere).
Etymology: Wahrscheinlich nach P. Diels KZ 43, 190ff., Kretschmer Glotta 3, 162 (s. auch Debrunner GGA 1910, 15) Ipv. Aor. von βάλλω und mit der litauischen Permissivpartikel te-gùl identisch.
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