δράσσομαι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[grasp]], [[take handfulls]] (Il., Ion.-Att.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">δράττομαι</b>, aor. <b class="b3">δράξασθαι</b>, perf. <b class="b3">δέδραγμαι</b><br />Compounds: Compp. with <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δράγμα</b> <b class="b2">handfull, esp. of (stalk of) corn</b> (Il.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 241) with <b class="b3">δραγμεύω</b> [[collect sheaves]] (Σ 555) as from <b class="b3">δραγμός</b> (E. Kyk. 170) for metrically impossible <b class="b3">δραγματεύω</b> (Eust. 1162, 17); - also <b class="b3">δραγμίς</b> [[small handfull]] (Hp. Morb. 2, 55 v. l. of <b class="b3">δραχμίς</b>), <b class="b3">δραγμή</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (EM); <b class="b3">δραχμη</b> s. v.; <b class="b3">δράγδην</b> <b class="b2">grasping with the hand</b> (Plu., Q. S.). - Retrograde <b class="b3">δράξ</b>, <b class="b3">-κός</b> f. [[handfull]] (LXX); with metathesis <b class="b3">δάρκες δέσμαι</b> H. - [[δραγατεύω]] (<b class="b3">δραξών</b>) s. v. - Unclear <b class="b3">δρακτόν</b> [[small vase]] (inscr.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Jot-present from <b class="b3">*δρακ-</b> or <b class="b3">*δράχ-ι̯ομαι</b>, with generalized zero grade. No relatives known (one considered Arm. <b class="b2">trc`-ak</b> [[Reisigbündel]] (Petersson KZ 47, 265); orig. final <b class="b2">-c`</b> will continue a combination of velars; between <b class="b2">t-</b> and [[r]] (evtl. between [[r]] and <b class="b2">c`</b>) an IE [[ē]] or [[ō]] (PArm. [[i]] or [[u]]) must have disappeared. OCS <b class="b2">po-dragъ</b> <b class="b2">edge, border of cloth</b> is very uncertain. See Bq s. v. - See on <b class="b3">δραχμη</b>.