ἄχθομαι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to be loaded; be vexed, grieved</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. [[ἀχθεσθῆναι]]<br />Derivatives: [[ἄχθος]] n. [[burden]], metaph. [[burden]], [[load]] (Il.); relation to [[ἄχθομαι]] unclear, s. Schwyzer 723. [[ἀχθεινός]] [[burdensome]] (E.). [[ἀχθίζω]] [[load]] (Babr.). [[ἀχθηδών]], <b class="b3">-όνος</b> f. [[weight]], [[burden]] (A.); cf. [[ἀλγηδών]].<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: If one separates the [[θ]] as a suffix (cf. [[βρίθω]]: [[βρῖθος]]: [[βριαρός]]; [[πλήθω]]: [[πλῆθος]]: [[πίμπλημι]]), remains <b class="b3">ἀχ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀκ-</b> or <b class="b3">ἀγ-</b> . One connects this with [[ἄγω]] as [[carry on]], with <b class="b3">ἄχ-θος</b> [[load]]. Not very convincing. One compares also [[ὀχθέω]]. Not to [[ἄχομαι]], [[ἄχνυμαι]] [[be sad]], which does not explain the concrete meaning.