- ἰθυπτίων
- ἰθυπτίωνGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `flying straight (lance)' (Φ 169, verse end).Other forms: only acc. μελίην -ωναOrigin: IE [Indo-European] [825] *pet- `fly, fall'Etymology: Compound of ἰθύς and the zero grade of πέτομαι with ending after the nouns in -ων, -ίων (καταπύγων, οὑρανίων, κυλλοποδίων) for *ἰθύ-πτ-ιος (like ὁμό-γν-ιος). Schulze Q. 309 (also on the lengthening of the -ι-), Risch 52.Page in Frisk: 1,716
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.