παλάσσω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[to besprinkle]], [[to stain]], [[to taint]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: Fut. inf. [[παλαξέμεν]], perf. ptc. [[πεπαλαγμένος]], plqupf. [[πεπάλακτο]].<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἐμ-παλάσσομαι</b> [[to be tampered]], to [[be entangled]], Fr. [[s]][[embour-ber]] (Hdt., Th.), <b class="b3">ἐμπαλάξαι ἐμπλέξαι</b> H., with [[ἐμπαλάγματα]] pl. [[entanglements]], [[embracements]] (A. Supp. 296).<br />Derivatives: [[πάλαξις]] f. [[sprinkling]] = [[prime coat]] (Epid. IIIa);<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: By Curtius 288 with [[παλύνω]] connected with [[πάλη]] [[fine flour]], which in spite of Bechtel Lex. s.v. seems semantically without problem; formation after [[σταλάσσω]], [[αἱμάσσω]] a.o.; on anal. <b class="b3">-άσσω</b> Schwyzer 733. After Fick 1, 478 however to <b class="b3">πάλκος πηλός</b> H., to which belong further Lith. <b class="b2">pélkė</b> [[marsh]], [[peat-moor]] a.o.; diff. on [[πάλκος]] Schulze BerlAkSb. 1910, 788 (Kl. Schr. 112): to Lith. <b class="b2">pálšas</b> [[sallow]]. Further hypothet. combinations by Bq., WP. 2, 65 f., W.-Hofmann s. 2. [[palūs]], with rich lit.; s. also Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 3, 232 f. (on the Span. riv.name Palantia, supp. "marsh-river"). So no good etym.