σφαραγέομαι: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[crackle]], [[sizzle]] (ι 390), <b class="b2">teem, be full unto bursting</b> (ι 440).<br />Other forms: only ipf. <b class="b3">σφαραγεῦντο</b>; also <b class="b3">σφαραγίζω</b> in <b class="b3">ἐσφαράγιζον</b> <b class="b2">excited (with noise)</b> (Hes. Th. 706), <b class="b3">-ίζει βροντᾳ̃</b>, <b class="b3">ταράττει</b>, <b class="b3">ψοφεῖ</b> H.;<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σφάραγος</b> = <b class="b3">ψόφος</b> H., further only as 2. member, e.g. <b class="b3">ἐρι-</b> σφαραγέομαι <b class="b2">with loud noise</b> (h. Merc. a.o.), <b class="b3">βαρυ-</b> σφαραγέομαι <b class="b2">with dull noise</b> (Pi.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [996] <b class="b2">*sprh₂(e)g-</b> <b class="b2">to bust, crackle</b><br />Etymology: Old inherited soundword (on the formation cf. <b class="b3">σμαραγέω</b>) with near cognates in Skt. <b class="b2">sphū́rjati</b>, <b class="b2">-áyati</b> [[crackle]], [[drone]], Balt., e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">sprag-ù</b>, <b class="b2">ė́ti</b> [[crackle]], [[creak]], Germ., e.g. OE [[sprecan]], OHG [[sprehhan]] [[spreak]] etc.; besides in the sense of <b class="b2">(with bang) burst, break up etc.</b> Skt. <b class="b2">sphū́rjati</b> <b class="b2">break up</b>, Balt., e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">spróg-stu</b>, <b class="b2">-ti</b> <b class="b2">break up, burst, but</b>, to which also <b class="b3">σπαργάω</b>; s. v. w. lit. a. further forms. After Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 198ff. <b class="b3">σφαρα-γέομαι</b>, (<b class="b3">ἐρι</b>) <b class="b3">-σφάραγος</b> would be old defigurements of <b class="b3">σμαραγέω</b>, (<b class="b3">ἐρι)-σμάραγος</b> resp. <b class="b3">σπαργέω</b>, <b class="b3">-άω</b>(?). -- Cf. <b class="b3">σφραγίς</b>.

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