Πτύσσω
I fold
Translated by William Hutton22 Sep 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The [verb that means] I secure.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πτύσσω· τὸ ἀσφαλίζω.
Betacode
*ptu/ssw: to\ a)sfali/zw.
Notes
- cf. Georgius Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos 163.21; scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 267. Adler ascribes the entry to the source of Lexicon Ambrosianum.
This form of the verb -- present indicative active, first person singular -- serves almost exclusively in the preserved literature as a generic lexical reference in grammars and lexica. Even in Attic, the present stem of this verb occurs only with-ss- , not-tt- (see LSJ s.v.).
For related words see pi 3060 through pi 3063 and pi 3067. For the present glossing verb see also under kappa 1753.
Linked from5 entries
- π3060Πτύγμαfold[Meaning a] doubling. In the Epigrams: "and Themistodike [dedicated] a small fold of [her] robes."
- π3061Πτυκτίονfolder[Meaning a] book.
- π3062Πτυκτῷfolded[Meaning] being enfolded.
- π3063ΠτύξωμαιI enfold myselfAristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "[not] before I enfold myself with this, so I don't get soaked." Meaning I will cover myself, I will shelter myself. And Sophocles [writes]: "he, when he suddenly hears a bitter sound,…
- π3067Πτυχαίfolds[Meaning] the declivities of mountains. Also the various plates of a shield [sc. that lie] upon one another. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "with the all-shining folds of the heavens relaxed, the initiate sees."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Dec 2021
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton