ἐπασσύτεροι

ἐπασσύτεροι

Grammatical information: pl.

Meaning: `one after the other, as a group' (Il.);

Other forms: also sg. -ος

Compounds: as 1. member in ἐπασσυτερο-τριβής `following one another quickly' (A. Ch. 426 [lyr.]).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [538] *ki-eu- set in motion'

Etymology: Uncertain. Acc. to Sonne KZ 13, 422 and Brugmann RhM 53, 630ff. from an adv. *ἐπ-αν-(σ)σύ to *ἐπ-αν(α)-σσεύομαι `hurry after one another', cf. ἀνά-σσυτος `mounting the height' (Hp.), ἐπί-σσυτος `urging' (A., E.), παν-συ-δίῃ `with alle ardour'; perhaps with Ehrlich RhM 63, 109 haplologically shortened ἐπασσυ[τό]-τερος. - Following Risch 87 and Seiler Steigerungsformen 44 however a contamination of *ἀγχύτερος and ἀσσοτέρω; thus also Baunack Philol. 70, 387: from ἀσσοτέρω and ἐγγύτερος.

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