- ἁλίσκομαι
- ἁλίσκομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `be caught' (Il.).Other forms: Homer has only the aor. ἁλῶναι; fut. ἁλώσομαι, aor. ἑᾱλων \< *ἠ-Ϝαλω-.Dialectal forms: Thess. Ϝαλίσσκε̄ται and Arc. Ϝαλόντοις show Ϝ-Derivatives: ἅλωσις `capture' (Pi.) .Origin: IE [Indo-European] *uelh₃- `seize, catch'Etymology: Aor. ἑά̄λων from *ἠ-Ϝᾰ́λων. The aspiration may have been taken from αἱρεῖν, ἑλεῖν. - ἁλίσκομαι has the suffix -ισκ-. A root *uelh₃- explains the forms: zero grade *ulh₃- gives *Ϝλω- before consonant (e.g. in 1. 2. pl. aor.) and *Ϝαλ- before consonant (e.g. 3. pl. aor.); contamination then gives *Ϝαλω-. But perhaps better a passive aorist with -η-: *ulh₃-eh₁- \> *Ϝαλω- (Hardarsson Aor. 208; an objection is that the form then must be terribly old). - Perhaps connected with Lat. vello `pluck, tear out', Goth. wilwan `rob, plunder', Arm. goɫanam `steal' (Hitt. walḫ- `strike' is semantically farther off). - Cf. ἀναλίσκω and εἵλωτες.Page in Frisk: 1,74
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.