πέκω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to comb (oneself), to card, to shear</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">πείκετε σ</b> 316 a. <b class="b3">πείκειν</b> Hes. Op. 775 metr. length.), aor. <b class="b3">πέξαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ασθαι</b>.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[poka]] \/poke\/, Killen Par. del Pass. 17, 26ff., DELG.<br />Compounds: Also w. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>. Compp., z.B. <b class="b3">πόκ-υφος</b> m. <b class="b2">wool weaver</b> (pap. IIa); <b class="b3">εἰρο-πόκος</b> (s. [[εἶρος]]), <b class="b3">εὔ-ποκος</b> <b class="b2">with fair wool</b> (A.); with referenc to the verb <b class="b3">νεό-ποκος</b> <b class="b2">newly shorn</b> (<b class="b3">μαλλός</b>, S.).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">πόκος</b> m. <b class="b2">plucked, shorn off sheep's wool, fleece</b> (Μ 451, hell.). <b class="b3">ποκ-άριον</b> (Sammelb. III--IVp), <b class="b3">-άδες</b> pl. f. [[lock or tuft of wool or hair]] (Ar.), <b class="b3">Πόκιος</b> m. "shearing month", Locr. monthname (inscr.); verbs: <b class="b3">ποκ-ίζομαι</b> <b class="b2">to shear wool</b> (Theoc.) with <b class="b3">-ισμός</b>, <b class="b3">-ιστί</b> (pap.); <b class="b3">-άζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (sch., Suid.); <b class="b3">-όομαι</b> [[to be covered like with a fleece]] (AP). 2. <b class="b3">πόκτος</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Lyr. Adesp. 73, Hdn.), like <b class="b3">φόρτος</b> (Schwyzer 704 n. 6), if not to <b class="b3">πεκτέω</b>. 3. <b class="b3">πέκος</b> n. <b class="b2">id.</b> (An. Ox. 3, 358), <b class="b3">πεῖκος ἔριον</b>, <b class="b3">ξάμμα</b> H. (cf. <b class="b3">πείκ-ετε</b>, <b class="b3">-ειν</b> above). 4. <b class="b3">πεκτήρ</b> (Suid.), <b class="b3">ποκτήρ</b> (pap. IIp; after <b class="b3">πόκος</b>) m. [[shearer]]. -- Enlarged form <b class="b3">πεκ-τέω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ar.; not <b class="b3">πέκτω</b>, Peruzzi Par. del Pass. 18, 396 n. 2); on the formation Schwyzer 705f. -- On [[κτείς]] s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [797] <b class="b2">*peḱ-</b> [[pluck]], [[card]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Lith. <b class="b2">pešù</b>, <b class="b2">pèšti</b> <b class="b2">pluck, pull out, drew by the hairs</b>; the <b class="b3">τ-</b>enlargement in <b class="b3">πεκτ-έω</b> also in Lat. [[pectō]] [[comb]], [[card]]; formal = Gerrn., e.g. OHG [[fehtan]] <b class="b2">fech-ten</b>' (prop. *'pluck each other'?). The very rare <b class="b3">πέκος</b> agrees phonetically with Lat. [[pecus]] n. <b class="b2">cattle, small cattle, sheep</b>, which would be therefore a concretized verbal abstract (Porzig Satzinhalte 292; also Specht KZ 66, 36f.). The old widespread <b class="b2">u-</b>stem in Lat. [[pecu]] n., Germ., e.g. OHG [[fihu]] n., Skt. <b class="b2">páśu-</b> n., <b class="b2">-úḥ</b> m. etc. [[cattle]] is wanting in Greek; on the other hand <b class="b3">πόκος</b> is isolated, so prob. innovation. IE [[o]] -vowel also in Arm. [[asr]], gen. [[asu]] [[sheepwool]], [[fleece]] (IE <b class="b2">*poḱu-</b>). OWNo. [[fær]], OSwed. [[fār]] n. [[sheep]], often equated with <b class="b3">πόκος</b>, is uncertain. -- Orig. meaning prob. [[pluck]], [[card]], from where [[shear]], [[comb]] (diff. Peruzzi Par. del Pass. l.c. n. 3 against Specht KZ 68, 206). -- WP. 2, 16f., Pok. 797, W.-Hofmann s. [[pectō]] and [[pecū]], Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">pèšti</b> [[pluck]] w. further forms a. rich lit.