δρύπτω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[scratch]], esp. as sign of mourning (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. [[δρύψαι]], opt. <b class="b3">ἀπο-δρύφοι Ψ</b> 187 = Ω 21 (present?; <b class="b3">δρυφόμενοι φθειρόμενοι</b> H.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀμφι-δρυφής</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμφί-δρυφος</b> <b class="b2">on both sides (cheeks) scratched</b> (Il.) (Schwyzer 513); [[δρυπίς]] f. name of a thorn-bush (Thphr.), cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 76. Only lexical <b class="b3">δρυφή ἀμυχή</b>, [[καταξυσμή]], <b class="b3">δρυφάδες ὄνυχες</b>, [[καταξύσματα]]. [[λῦπαι]], [[ὀδύναι]]. <b class="b3">η τὰ ἀπὸ πληγῶν πελιώματα</b>, <b class="b3">δρύφη ξέσματα</b> H. <b class="b3">δρυφάξαι θακεῖν</b> H. With -s: [[δρύψαλα]] )leaves, <b class="b3">δρύψελα πέταλα δρυώδη</b> H., [[δρύψια]] [[shavings]]; <b class="b3">δρυψόπαιδα την λαμυράν οἱ δε ἁπαλόπαιδα η ἐλεεινόν</b> H.; <b class="b3">δρυψογέροντας τοὺς ἀτόπους πρεσβύτας καὶ οἱονεὶ ἀτίμους</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Expressive form connected with [[δέρω]], [[δρέπω]] (s. vv.). But hardly after [[θρύπτω]] (s. v.). The variants <b class="b3">δρυφ- δρυψ-</b> and <b class="b3">δρυμ-άσσω</b> (q.v.) clearly point to a Pre-Greek word (it is therefor [[ε]] improbable that it is a derivative of IE [[δέρω]]); Fur. 326, 348 etc. (Therefore not Iranian with Schwarz, Henning Memorial Volume, 1970, 386.