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|lstext='''ἔπισσαι''': -αἱ, = ἐπιγιγνόμεναι, Ἑκαταίου Ἀποσπ. 367. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «ἔπισσα· [[ὕστερον]] γενομένη. νεωτέρα». Ἴδε καὶ Ἀνέκδ. Κραμήρου τ. 1. σ. 280. 27 ἐν λέξει μέτασσα.
|lstext='''ἔπισσαι''': -αἱ, = ἐπιγιγνόμεναι, Ἑκαταίου Ἀποσπ. 367. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «ἔπισσα· [[ὕστερον]] γενομένη. νεωτέρα». Ἴδε καὶ Ἀνέκδ. Κραμήρου τ. 1. σ. 280. 27 ἐν λέξει μέτασσα.
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">later born daughters</b> (Hekat. 363 J.); H. also <b class="b3">ἔπισσον τὸ ὕστερον γενόμενον</b>.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: For the formation cf. <b class="b3">μέτασσαι</b> f. pl. <b class="b2">lams of middle age</b> (ι 221); (perh. also the place names <b class="b3">Ἄμφισσα</b>, <b class="b3">Ἄντισσα</b>). Derivation uncertain; perh. a <b class="b3">τ-ι̯ο-</b>suffix (Schulze KZ 40, 412ff. = Kl. Schr. 71 n. 1), or <b class="b3">-κ-ιο-</b>. Acc. to Giles ClassRev. 3, 3f. <b class="b3">ἔπι-σσαι</b> would be analogical after <b class="b3">μέτ-ασσαι</b> = <b class="b3">μετ-οῦσαι</b> with archaic disappearance of the zero grade of the ptc. f. See Schwyzer 472 w. n. 2.
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