δρυμάσσω

δρυμάσσω, -ττω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `tear up, crush', intr. `creak' (= ληκεῖν Poll. 5, 93), also sensu obscaeno; cf. H.: δρυμάξεις κυρίως μεν σπαράξεις. χρῶνται δε καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ συνέσει καὶ προσομιλήσεις (Kom. Adesp. 986); - δρυμάσσειν καὶ δρυμάξαι τὸ τύπτειν ξύλοις. ἐδρύμαξεν ἔθραυσεν, ἔσφαξεν. ἀδρύμακτον καθαρόν.

Other forms: Aor. δρυμάξαι, fut. δρυμάξω

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Expressive formation. But a cross of δρύπτω with another verb (μάσσω?, ἱμάσσω?) does not seem probable. Rather a derivation, with -ακ-, from δρύπτω, with -μ- for -π- (Fur. 224f, cf. 326 δρυφ-, δρυψ-). The explanation with `τύπτειν ξύλοις' (H.) is prob. folketymology (after δρυμός?). - Cf. Debrunner IF 21, 225.

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