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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably a reduplicated intensive present, but the uncertain meaning does not allow us to establish an etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pai̯.pʰás.sɔː/ → /pɛˈɸas.so/ → /peˈfa.so/
Verb
παιφᾰ́σσω • (paiphássō)
- to dart, rush about
- (transitive) to wave violently
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “παιφάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παιφάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “παιφάσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παιφάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παιφάσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN