- διῑπετής
- διῑπετήςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `fallen from heaven', then `heavenly' (h. Ven. 4, οἰωνοί), `hell, clear' (Emp.); s. Leumann Hom. Wörter 311.Other forms: in Hom. only in διῑπετέος ποταμοῖο (verse end)Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: For διῑπετής (metrical lengthening) may have been with old authors (sch. Od. 4, 477) διειπετής, as Διειτρέφης (inscr.) after ΔιϜεί-φιλος (ep. διί̄φιλος), where the dative was correct. Bechtel Lex. s. v. On the verbal member cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 63, Risch 75. See Schmitt, Indogerm. Dichtersprache 221f. (against Treu's theory).Page in Frisk: 1,392
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