δικεῖν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=inf. of <b class="b3">ἔδῐκον</b>, an aor. used by Pi. and Trag. (the pres. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δίκει <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.2.1</span> is prob. f. l. for [[δίεπει]]):—[[throw]], [[cast]], τι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.123</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>99</span>; πεδόσε σώματα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>600</span>; χεῖρ' ἐς οὐρανόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span> 498</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[strike]], δ. πέτρῳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).72</span>; κρᾶτα φόνιον… ὠλένας δικὼν βολαῖς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>664</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[throw]] (Pi.) also <b class="b2">aim (on high)</b> (E. HF 498) with <b class="b3">ἄνδικε ἀνάρριψον</b>, <b class="b3">ἀνδικά ὁ βόλος</b>, <b class="b3">ἀνδίκτης τὸ ἀναριπτόμενον τῆς μυάγρας ξύλον</b> (Call.) H.<br />Derivatives: [[δίκτυον]] and [[δίσκος]], s. vv.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Connection with <b class="b3">δείκνυμι</b> is defended by Brugmann IF 39, 144ff. and Gonda (s. <b class="b3">δείκνυμι</b>) 216ff. but this is semantically not easy. See on [[δίκτυον]] and [[δίσκος]]. Fur. 297 compares <b class="b3">λιχάξαι ῥῖψαι</b>, <b class="b3">βαλεῖν</b>. <b class="b3">Κρῆτες</b> H., which points to a Pre-Greek word.