- ἄττομαι
- ἄττομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `set the warp in the loom, i.e. begin the web' (Hermipp. 2).Derivatives: ἄσμα `warp' (AB), mostly δίασμα (Call.). διάζομαι (Nicophon), s. below; cf. ἄττεσθαι· διάζεσθαι στήμονα. H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: ἄττομαι \< *ἄτ-ι̯ομαι; beside it δι-άζομαι, analogal after the verbs in -ζω. Origin uncertain. Bezzenberger BB 5, 313, Bechtel Lex. 130f. connect ἤτριον, s. v. G. Meyer BphW 1891, 570 and Alb. Stud. 3, 24: to Alb. ent, int `set the worp in the loom'; impossible, as *h₁nt- gave *εντ- in Greek; perhaps related as a non-IE word? In the same way relation with Hitt. hatk(u)- would give *Hnt- \> *ἀντ-. Further Skt. átka- m. `dress' has been considerd. (?). Cf. ἔξαστις.Page in Frisk: 1,183
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.