δρύφακτοι

δρύφακτοι

Grammatical information: m. pl.

Meaning: `railing or latticed partition, balcony, bar (in court)' (Ar.);

Other forms: (rarely sg. -ος); also δρύφρακτοι (Lib.) with restored (?) ρ, and τρύφακτοι (hell. u. late inscr., Hdn. Gr.) from regressive assimilation (? cf. Schwyzer 257), and folketymology after τρυφη?

Derivatives: Denomin. δρυφάσσω `fence in' (Lyc.), δρυφάξαι ++ δακεῖν H. ( alphabetically at wrong place). Also δρυθακτόω.

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: Generally taken as a conbination of δρῠ- (in δόρυ) and φράσσω with το-suffix (cf. e. g. ἀκμό-θε-τον). (But the τ- is hard to understand as assimilation.) See on φράσσω.

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