στυφελίζω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to strike hard, to dash, to beat, to drive away, to maltreat</b> (ep. lyr. Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">-λίξαι</b>.<br />Compounds: Also w. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, <b class="b3">μετα-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>.<br />Derivatives: [[στυφελιγμοί]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] <b class="b3">-σμοί</b>) m. pl. [[maltreatment]] (A. Eq. 537 [anap.]). -- Besides [[στυφελός]] [[hard]], [[raw]], [[stony]], [[severe]] (A. in lyr., A. R., Opp., AP; also Arcad. Cyren. after sch. A. R. 2, 1005; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 269 f.), second. [[astringent]], [[bitter]] (AP; after [[στύφω]]); <b class="b3">κατα-</b> στυφελίζω [[raw]], [[stony]] (h. Merc., Hes.), [[ἀ-]] στυφελίζω [[not hard]], [[friendly]], [[smooth]] (Thgn., AP); enlarged [[στυφελώδης]] [[hard]] (Q.S.); also [[στύφλος]] (on the accent below) [[raw]], [[stony]] (trag., Lyc.; <b class="b3">κατά-</b> στυφελίζω H.), <b class="b3">-άριος</b> (Hyettos IIIp; PN?). At first sight ep. [[στυφελίζω]] seems a derivation of the later attested [[στυφελός]]. Apart from the chronology of the attestations, in that way the meaning of the verb (prop. *`to be, make hard or severe'?) becomes hard to understand. For [[στυφελίζω]] one could consider [[ἐλελίζω]] as example (Schmoll Die Verba auf <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> [Diss. Tübingen 1955] 182), after it [[στυφελός]] for [[στύφλος]] (Leumann l. c.)? The barytonesis of [[στύφλος]] is remarkable (cf. however [[φαῦλος]], [[μάχλος]], [[κτίλος]] a.o.), but must be considered more probale as lectio difficilior then the less well attested oxytonesis.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Not well explained. The in spite of the deviating vowel quantity (cf. [[τύφω]] : [[τυφλός]]) obvious connection with [[στύφω]] is for [[στύφλος]], [[στυφελός]] not hard to motivate ('drawing together, -drawn, contract' > <b class="b2">solid, hard etc.</b>; e.g. Persson Stud. 193), but is for [[στυφελίζω]] not immediately convincing. So the last rather to [[τύπτω]] (Curtius 227 etc.)? -- Extensive on [[στυφελίζω]] Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 84 ff.