- ἐτάζω
- ἐτάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `examine, test' (Hdt. 3, 62 v. l., Democr. 266, Pl. Kra. 410d, LXX),Other forms: Aor. ἐτάσαιCompounds: mostly ἐξ-ετάζω, aor. ἐξετάσαι, -άξαι (Theoc.) etc. `find out, inquire exactly' (Ion.-Att.); also with prefix, e. g. ἐπ-, συν-, προ-εξετάζω; Arc. παρ-hετάζω in παρ-hεταξάμενος, παρ-ετάξωνσι `have approved' (Tegea IVa; unless from παρ-ίημι `approve', πάρ-ετος).Derivatives: ἔτασις, ἐτασμός `proof, test' (LXX), ἐταστής = ἐξετ. (Lampsakos). - ἐξέτασις `enquiry, test' (Att.), -σία `id.' (Astypalaea, Rom. times; cf. Schwyzer 469), ἐξετασμός `id.' (D.); ἐξεταστής `inspector, controller' (Aeschin., Arist., inscr.; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1,227) with ἐξεταστήριον `inspection' (Samos IIa), ἐξεταστικός `ready for control, belonging to controll' (X., D.), Έξεταστέων PN (Bechtel Namenstud. 22).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [??] *set- `be stable'Etymology: Denomin. of ἐτός, only found in ἐτά ἀληθῆ, ἀγαθά H.; so prop. `verify, check the truth'. - Not certainly explained. Usually ἐτός is considered a verbal adjective of εἰμί `to be' (Schwyzer 502); ἐτός for *ἑτός (IE *s-e-tó-s), so like Germ., e. g. ONo. sannr (PGm. *sánÞa-), Skt. satyá- `true' (IE *s-ón-t-o-, resp. *s-n̥-t-i̯ó-) `existing, real'?; but this would be *h₁s-nt- or *h₁s-eto-, which would result in different forms; against it Luther "Wahrheit" und "Lüge" 51. De Lamberterie (RPh 71 (1997)160, following Pinault, assumes a stem *set-u-; see on ἐτεός and ὅσιος.Page in Frisk: 1,578-579
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.