ἄψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv. of [[place]], ([[ἀπό]], Lat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">abs) backwards, back again</b>, freq. in Hom., mostly with Verbs of motion, freq. before ἐς, ἀπό, ἐκ, ἂ. ἐς Ὄλυμπον ἵκεσθον <span class="bibl">Il.8.456</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.211</span>, etc.; with trans. Verbs, ἂ. ἐς κουλεὸν ὦσε <span class="bibl">1.220</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.418</span>; ἂ. ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε <span class="bibl">16.395</span>; ἂ. ἵππους στρέψαι <span class="bibl">13.396</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.224</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of actions, [[again]], [[in return]], ἂ. διδόναι <span class="bibl">Il.22.277</span>; ἂ. ἀφελέσθαι <span class="bibl">16.54</span>; ἂ. ἀπολύειν <span class="bibl">6.427</span>; ἂ. ἀρέσαι <span class="bibl">9.120</span>; ἂ. τέτατο ὑσμίνη <span class="bibl">17.543</span>; ἂ. ἐπιμισγομένων <span class="bibl">5.505</span>; [<b class="b3">ἂψ ἀπαγγ] εῖλαι</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Epich.99</span>; <b class="b3">ἂ. λαμβάνειν</b>, = [[ἀναλαμβάνειν]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.65</span>: pleon., <b class="b3">ἂ. αὖτις</b> [[yet]] again, <span class="bibl">Il.8.335</span>, <span class="bibl">15.364</span>; ἂ. πάλιν <span class="bibl">18.280</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adv.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">back(wards), again</b> (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[ἄψερον]] = [[ὕστερον]], [[πάλιν]] (Alk., H., Zonar.), after [[ὕστερον]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [53] <b class="b2">*h₂eb</b> ? [[from]], [[away]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Lat. [[abs]] [[away]], [[back]]. For the <b class="b3">-ς</b> cf. [[ἐξ]] and Schwyzer 620. The relation to [[ἄπο]] etc. is unclear.