- θρησκεύω
- θρησκεύωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `perform religious observances' (Hdt.), `worship' (LXX).Derivatives: θρησκεία, Ion. -ηΐη `holy service, religious service, religious observance' (Ion.), also θρήσκευμα, -ευσις `id.' (hell.); θρησκευτής `worshipper' (late); postverbal θρῆσκος `fear of the gods' (Ep. Jac. 1, 26) with θρησκώδης `id.' (Vett. Val.); θρήσκια n. pl. `religious observances' (POxy. 1380, 245, IIp, OGI 210, 9, Nubia IIIp). - On the history of θρησκεύω, -εία s. J. van Herten Θρησκεία, εὑλάβεια, ἱκέτης. Diss. Utrecht. Amsterdam 1934.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: As θρῆσκος is clearly postverbal, we must find another starting point for θρησκεύω. A σκ-present (of which θρησκεύω can be an enlargement) is found in θρήσκω νοῶ; θράσκειν ἀναμιμνήσκειν H.; if the tradition is reliable, the glosses show the Ionic origin of θρησκεύω. Beside the present θρήσκω (cf. θνήσκω (θνῄσκω), θρώσκω), ἐν-θρεῖν φυλάσσειν H. could be a zero grade thematic aorist; further also ἀ-θερές ἀνόητον, ἀνόσιον H., from *θέρος or *θερεῖν. The original meaning may have been `observe, preserve'. Further connection with θρόνος, θρᾶνος is however improbable. - Diff. Grégoire Hommages à Bidez et Cumont 375ff.: θρῆσκος from *θρᾱισκος, prop. `Thracian', which seems quite doubtful. - The word may well be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,682
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