σφριγάω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to teem, to be full unto bursting</b>, of women's breasts and udders, [[to brim with vitality and lust]], of men, animals and plants (Hp., A. Pr. 382, E., Pl.).<br />Other forms: only pres.stem, esp. ptc.<br />Derivatives: Backformation [[σφρίγος]] n. [[power]], [[strength]] (Hermipp.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[teeming]] (Orib.), <b class="b3">-ανός</b> [[teeming]], [[swelling]] (Theoc. 11, 21 v. l., Hp. ap. Tim. Lex., Poll., sch.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Intensive formation in <b class="b3">-άω</b> (Schwyzer 719) of popular character, which makes the search for a direct etymology a difficult enterprise. An "evident" (Persson Beitr. 2. 871 n. 2) connection with Norw. dial. [[sprikja]], Swed. dial. [[sprika]] <b class="b2">unyoke, spread out, split apart etc.</b> in Bugge KZ 20, 40 (also in Bq, WP. 2, 683f., Pok. 1001). -- Unclear <b class="b3">σφριαί ἀπειλαί</b>, [[ὀργαί]] H. If this belongs here, prob. loss of the [[γ]]; cf. Hiersche Ten. asp. 200 n. 50 w. lit. -- Furnée 175 compares Celtic <b class="b2">*brigos</b> [[power]], [[courage]], [[liveliness]] (It. brio REW 1297); beside [[σφριαί]] he adduces 168 [[βρι]], [[βριάω]], 247 [[βριμάω]], 375 [[ὄβριμος]], [[βριμός]]; the word would be Pre-Greek.