- ἶπος
- ἶποςGrammatical information: f. (n.)Meaning: `press, fuller's press, in a mouse-trap etc.' (for medical purposes) (Pi., Archil., Hp., Ar.).Other forms: A primary aorist ἴψασθαι with the future ἴψεται (Α 454 = Π 237, Β 193), rather `squeese, oppress' than `damage' (= φθεῖραι, βλάψαι H.); pres. ἴπτω = βλάπτω onl EM 481, 3.Compounds: Denomin. verb ἰπόω, also with ἀπ-, ἐξ-, `press' (Hdt., Hp., A.); with ἴπωσις `pressing, pressure' (Hp.), ἰπωτήριον `oil-press, wine-press' (pap.), `bougie' (medic.), ἰπωτρίς `pressing' (σπάθη, medic.), ἐξιπωτικός `pressing out' (Gal.).Derivatives: Denomin. verb ἰπόω, also with ἀπ-, ἐξ-, `press' (Hdt., Hp., A.); with ἴπωσις `pressing, pressure' (Hp.), ἰπωτήριον `oil-press, wine-press' (pap.), `bougie' (medic.), ἰπωτρίς `pressing' (σπάθη, medic.), ἐξιπωτικός `pressing out' (Gal.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. Acc. to Solmsen Wortforsch. 172ff. (details) to Lat. adv. vix `hardly'; against this W.-Hofmann s. v. Not to Lat. īcō `slay' (Curtius 461), nor to ἰάπτω (s. v.). One could compare ἰψών δεσμωτήριον H.Page in Frisk: 1,733
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