πιππίζω
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
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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