θρᾱνύσσω

θρᾱνύσσω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `crush',

Other forms: only aor. ptc. θρανύξαντες (Lyk. 664); συν-θρᾱνόω `id.', only perf. pass. συντεθράνωται (E. Ba. 633; = συμπέπτωκε H.);

Derivatives: cf. also θρανεύεται συντρίβεται H.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Relation to the noun *θραυσ-ανό-ς, from θραύω (Sütterlin Denom. 107, Solmsen Unt. 88), arouses, though theoretically possible, for this expressive word little confidence, cf. Sommer Lautstud. 64f. More probable seems (pace Sommer l. c.), connection with θρανεύω `stretch on the tanner's bench', which H. glosses as συντρίβεται. So a change of meaning `tann (torture)' \> `crush' together with the formal transformation (after ἀμύσσω, νύσσω a. o.?, Sommer a. a. O., Debrunner IF 21, 243). See θρᾶνος.

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