- θέπτανος
- θέπτανοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: ἁπτόμενος H.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [240] *dʰegʷʰ- `burn'Etymology: By Fick BB 12, 162, Brugmann Grundr.2 2 : 1, 269 a. o. identified with Lith. dègtinas `who or what has to be burned' (from deg-ù, dèg-ti `burn'). Cf. on τέφρα `ashes'. - Acc. to P. Maas ByzZ 37, 381 and Latte Glotta 34, 198f. however corrupt for θεπταίνων ἁπτόμενος (Kyr.), which Latte wants to correct in θ(ε)ιγγάνων. On the origin of suffixal -τανος, -tinas (IE *-tn̥nos \< *-n̥Hos?) Benveniste Origines 107f.; uncertain Pedersen Hittitisch 149f.Page in Frisk: 1,663
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.