θέσσασθαι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[pray]], [[ask]]. <b class="b3">θέσσεσθαι αἰτεῖν</b>, [[ἱκετεύειν]]; <b class="b3">θεσσόμενος δεόμενος</b>, [[ζητούμενος]], [[ἱκετεύων]] H.<br />Other forms: aor., ptc. [[θεσσάμενος]], ind. 3. pl. [[θέσσαντο]] [[pray]] (Hes., Archil.);<br />Compounds: as 2. member in <b class="b3">πολύ-θεστος</b> a. o., prob. also in <b class="b3">ἀπό-θεστος</b> (s. v.), <b class="b3">Ἀγλω-θέστης</b> (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 14 n. 2).<br />Derivatives: [[Θεστορίδης]], [[Θεστόρειος]]; [[Θέστωρ]] "entreater", father of Kalchas etc. (Il.)<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [488] <b class="b2">*gʷʰedh-</b> [[pray]]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">*θέθ-σασθαι</b>, sigmatic aorist beside [[ποθέω]] [[entreat]], s. [[πόθος]]. This and Boeot. <b class="b3">Θιό-φειστος</b> we get IE <b class="b2">*gʷʰedh-</b>, from where a. o. the OIr. <b class="b2">s-</b>subj. 1. pl. <b class="b2">-gessam</b> (: [[θέσσασθαι]]; ind. [[guidiu]] [[pray]] = [[ποθέω]]) and the OldIran. yot-present Av. <b class="b2">ǰaiδyemi</b> = OP. <b class="b2">ǰadiyāmiy</b> [[pray]], which may be identical to the supposed present [[θέσσεσθαι]] (IE <b class="b2">*g ʷʰedh-i̯-</b>). - On the peoples name [[Θεσσαλοί]] s.v.<br />See also: Weiteres s. [[πόθος]].