πόρσω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adv.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">forward, beyond, far away from something, away</b> (Pi., trag. in lyr.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">πόρρω</b> (Att.) - Comp.forms : <b class="b3">πόρσ-ιον</b>, <b class="b3">-ιστα</b> (Pi.; Seiler 106f.); <b class="b3">πορρω-τέρω</b>, <b class="b3">-τάτω</b> (Att.). Adv. <b class="b3">πόρσω-θεν</b> (Archyt.), <b class="b3">πόρρω-θεν</b> (Att.) [[from far away]].<br />Derivatives: Prob. as denomin.: 1. <b class="b3">πορσ-ύνω</b>, also w. <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, prop. [[to bring forward]]?, i.e. [[to accomplish]], [[to provide]] (ep. Ion., also X.); 2. <b class="b3">-αίνω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hom. as v. l., h. Cer., Pi.); rejected by Forbes Glotta 36, 261; on the formation Debrunner IF 21, 65 a. 87.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [815 = 810] <b class="b2">*per</b>, [[preti]], [[proti]] [[forward]]<br />Etymology: Formation like <b class="b3">ἄνω</b>, <b class="b3">κάτω</b> a.o, prob. as frozen instrumental (Schwyzer 550); can be identical with Lat. [[porrō]] (for <b class="b2">*porsō</b>), Praen. [[porod]] [[forward]]. Further analysis uncertain; finally to the great group of [[πέρας]], [[πείρω]] (s. vv.), <b class="b3">πόρος</b> a.o. Cf. also Forbes, Glotta 36, 261. -- Besides [[πρόσω]], s. v.; also [[πρός]]. -- Chantr. prefers to derive <b class="b3">πόρσω</b> from <b class="b3">πρόσω</b>, with metathesis of the syllable with the liquid.