- ἐρείκω
- ἐρείκωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `breach, bruise, pound' (Il.).Other forms: (ἐρεικόμενος intr. Ν 441), aor. ἤρῐκε (Ρ 595, intr.), ἐρεῖξαι (Ion.-Att.), perf. pass. ἐρήριγμαι, -μένος (Hp., Arist.),Compounds: rarely with prefix κατ-, δι-, ὑπ-,Derivatives: ἐρεικίδες pl. (Gal.), ἐρεικάς (H.) `pounded barley, groats', ἐρείκιον `crumbly pastry' (Gal.; formation like ἐρείπια), ἐρεικίτας (ἄρτος, Ath.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 89), all often itacistic. written ἐρικ-; thus ἐρίγματα pl. (Hp.), ἐρίγμη (Sch.) `bruised beans' for ἐρειγ-; in the same meaning with unexplained ε: ἐρέγματα (Thphr., Erot.), ἐρεγμός (pap., Gal., Erot.) with ἐρέγμινος (Dsc., Orib.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]; cf. [858]Etymology: To the full grade root present ἐρείκω and the clearly old weak grade aorist ἤρικε there are no formal and semantic agreements. Close comes Skt. rikháti, likháti `scratch' (with aspirated velar), Lith. riekiù, riẽkti `cut loaf, plough for the first time', Skt. riśáti, liśáti `pluck, tear away'; the different forms can be in relation with the expressive meaning. As related nominal formations one might consider OHG rīga, MHG rīha `row, line', Lat. rixa `hatred, conflict', prob. also rīma `scratch, split'. - Further W.-Hofmann s. rīma, rixa, ricinus. Cf. ἐρείπω.Page in Frisk: 1,551-552
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