- πρέπω
- πρέπωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to draw attention, to distinguish oneself, to excel', also, mostly impers., πρέπει, `it is fitting, appropriate' (Il.).Other forms: rare fut. and aor. πρέψ-ω, -αι (A., Pl.).Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. δια-, μετα- (cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 94f.), ἐν-, ἐπι-.Derivatives: πρεπ-ώδης (Att.), -όντως (Pi., Att.) `fitting, appropriate', -τός (εὔ- πρέπω ) `drawing attention' (A. a.o.); often from the prefixcompp., e.g. μετα-, δια-, ἐκ-πρεπ-ής, also εὑ-, ἀρι-πρεπ-ής `striking, excelling, fitting etc..' (Il.) with εὑπρέπ-εια (Att.), -έω, -ίζω (Aq.) a.o. Here also πρέπων, -οντος m. n. of a fish (Opp., Ael.) prop. "which is fitting (for eating)"? (Strömberg Fischn. 33). -- On θεοπρόπος s. v.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [845] *kʷrep- `be remarkable, appearance, form'Etymology: Identical with Arm. erewim `become visible, appear', interpreted as *prep-. An old independent formation is Arm. eres, usu. pl. eres-k ` gen. -ac `face, appearance': IE *prep-s-ā. Celtic too seems to have maintained a derivation from this verb in OIr. richt `form, shape', Welsh rhith `species': IE *kʷr̥p-tu-. Quite uncertain is the connection of OHG furben `purify, clean'. -- The further analysis in *pr-ep- connecting IE *per- in πείρω `pierce' (as Fr. percer; Pott, Buttmann Lexil. 1, 20) or even IE per- in Lith. periù `beat' (as Fr. frapper, frappant; Grošelj Živa Ant. 6, 237 f. including πρέμνον) remains uncertain (cf. δρέπω : δέρω?); see now below. To be rejected Specht KZ 68, 124: πρέ-πω prop. *`I am the first' to πρό-μος with interchange π πρέπω μ. The comparisom with Lat. crepundia prop. *'fitting ornament' ? (Leumann Gnomon 9, 242 as uncertain supposition) cannot be combined with Arm. erewim. -- It has been argued that the root was *kʷrep- (Schindler BSL 67(1972)67; thus Clackson 1994, 165f);Page in Frisk: 2,591-592
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.