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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">stamp down, squeeze close, press together, stuff</b> (φ 122).<br />Other forms: Att. <b class="b3">νάττω</b>, aor. <b class="b3">νάξαι</b>, fut. <b class="b3">νάξω</b> (H.), perf. midd. <b class="b3">νέναγ-μαι</b>, <b class="b3">νένασμαι</b>.<br />Compounds: Rarely with prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>.<br />Derivatives: Verbaladj. <b class="b3">ναστός</b> <b class="b2">pressed together, stuffed full</b> (medic., J.), substant. (sc. <b class="b3">πλακοῦς</b>) m. name of a cake (com.) with <b class="b3">ναστίσκος</b> m. (Pherecr.); also <b class="b3">νακτός</b> <b class="b2">pressed together</b> (Plu.); <b class="b3">νακτά τοὺς πίλους καὶ τὰ ἐμπίλια</b> H. -- Verbal subst. <b class="b3">νάγμα</b> n. <b class="b2">closely sqeezed stone-wall</b> (J.). From the attestations it is not clear, whether the verbal stem orig. ended in a velar (<b class="b3">νάξαι φ</b> 122) or a dental (<b class="b3">νασ-τός</b> from <b class="b3">*νατ-τός</b>?); perh. best is, to take <b class="b3">ναστός</b> and <b class="b3">νένασμαι</b> as analogical (after <b class="b3">παστός</b>, <b class="b3">πέπασμαι</b>?).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Etymology unknown; connection with <b class="b3">νάκος</b> <b class="b2">woollen skin</b> (s.v.) cannot be proven. Other combinations by Sommer Lautst. 57. -- Here as LW [loanword] Lat. [[naccae]] [[fullones]], perh. from <b class="b3">*νάκται</b>; further s. W.-Hofmann s.v. - The verb may well be Pre-Greek.

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