- ἐρεθίζω
- ἐρέθω, ἐρεθίζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `stir, provoke' (Il.)Other forms: with aor. ἐρεθίσαι (A.), pass. ἐρεθ-ισθῆναι, -ισθεῖς (Hdt.), -ίξαι (AP), perf. pass. ἠρέθ-ισμαι, -ισμένος (Ion.-Att.), act. ἠρέθικα (Aeschin.), fut. -ίσω, -ιῶ (hell.);Compounds: with prefix ἀν-, δι-, ἐξ-, προσ-ερεθίζω etc., also ἐξ-, κατ-ερέθω,Derivatives: From ἐρεθίζω: ἐρεθισμός (Hp.), ἐρέθισμα (Ar.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 186) `provocation, irritation', ἐρεθιστής `agitator' (LXX), -ιστικός `irritating' (Hp.) - From ἐρέθω: perhaps *ὄροθος in ὀροθύνω, s. v.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The present ἐρέθω can like θαλέθω, φλεγέθω a. o. (Schwyzer 703, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 327ff.) have a formans θ; it is then derived from a primary verb which is unknown. Note the following forms in H.: ἔρετο ὡρμήθη, ἔρσεο διεγείρου, ἔρσῃ ὁρμήσῃ, that migth have formed the basis of ἐρέθω. Further s. ὄρνυμι.Page in Frisk: 1,550-551
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