*(Ϝ)ίμβω

*(Ϝ)ίμβω?

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `put (the horses) to (the car)'?

Other forms: Note that there is no evidence for the form ἴμβω, with -β-. Aor. ἴμψας ζεύξας. Θετταλοί H.

Derivatives: Ἴμψιος Ποσειδῶν ὁ Ζύγιος; γιμβάναι (= Ϝ-) ζεύγανα H. Bechtel Dial. 1, 206 adduces the Boeot. PN Ϝιμππίδας.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Two hypotheses: to Lat. vinciō `wind around, vicia `vetch' with labio-velar auslaut (s. W.-Hofmann s. v.); to Goth. bi-waibjan `wind around' etc. (Persson Beitr. 1, 323 n. 1); in both cases the meanings seem not to fit very well. I see no reason to connect the two glosses ἰψών δεσμωτήριον H. (but see also on ἶπος), and ἰψόν τὸν κισσόν. Θ\<ο\>ύριοι. Note that the gloss Ἴμψιος has -μψ- with -σ- though it is hardly an aorist. On the word formation Solmsen Wortforsch. 173 n. 2 (p. 174), Schwyzer 692; s. also Latte on γιμβάναι.

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