πτίσσω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[to shell]], [[grind grains by stamping]] (IA.).<br />Other forms: Att. also [[πτίττω]], aor. [[πτίσαι]], pass. [[πτισθῆναι]], perf. midd. [[ἔπτισμαι]].<br />Compounds: Rarely wit prefix like <b class="b3">περι-</b> and <b class="b3">κατα-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πτισ-άνη</b> f. (<b class="b3">-ανον</b> n. Nic.) <b class="b2">peeled barley, barley-gruel</b> (Hp., com., pap. a.o.); <b class="b3">-μός</b> m. [[winnowing]] (corn.), <b class="b3">-μα</b> n. [[peeled barley]] (Str.; <b class="b3">περιπ[τ]ίσματα</b> pl. sch.; Jacobsohn KZ 42, 276), <b class="b3">-ις</b> f. [[skin]] (Gal. a.o.), <b class="b3">-τικός</b> [[fit for skinning]] (com.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [796] <b class="b2">*tpis-</b> [[stamp]], [[smash]]<br />Etymology: Old expression of agriculture, retained in several languages, though exact agreements of the Greek forms are not found. Note however <b class="b3">ἄ-πτισ-τος</b> [[unstamped]] (Hp.): Skt. <b class="b2">piṣ-ṭá-</b>, Lat. [[pis-tus]] [[smashed]], with [[πτιστικός]] [[fit for skinning]] (com.). Also all other both nominal and verbal forms are based on <b class="b3">πτισ-</b> (s. above) except the present [[πτίσσω]], which was innovated after [[πλάσσω]], [[πάσσω]] a.o. (cf. Schwyzer 692 w. lit. and ref. of other interpretations). The other languages deviate formally: Skt. and Lat. with the nasalpresents <b class="b2">pi-ná-ṣṭi</b> (perf. <b class="b2">pi-péṣ-a</b>, <b class="b2">pi-piṣ-e</b>; cf. <b class="b3">ἔ-πτισ-μαι</b>), <b class="b2">pī-n-sō</b> (with innovated <b class="b2">pīns(u)ī</b>; beside it [[pis-tor]] etc.) [[smash]]; Balt. and Slav. with the secondary formations Lith. <b class="b2">pais-aũ</b>, <b class="b2">-ýti</b> [[beat off the beards]] (beside the primary <b class="b2">pis-ù</b>, <b class="b2">-ti</b> [[coire cum femina]]), Slav., e.g. Russ. <b class="b2">pich-áju</b>, <b class="b2">-átь</b> [[thrust]], [[stamp]] (beside the primary [[pšeno]] [[millet]] from <b class="b2">*pьšenъ</b> ptc. [[stamped]]). On <b class="b3">πτ-</b> against <b class="b2">p-</b> elsewhere cf. on [[πτέρνη]]. -- Furher forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 1 ff., Pok. 796 and the special dictionaries of the separate languages.