- νάσσω
- νάσσωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `stamp down, squeeze close, press together, stuff' (φ 122).Other forms: Att. νάττω, aor. νάξαι, fut. νάξω (H.), perf. midd. νέναγ-μαι, νένασμαι.Compounds: Rarely with prefix, e.g. κατα-, συν-.Derivatives: Verbaladj. ναστός `pressed together, stuffed full' (medic., J.), substant. (sc. πλακοῦς) m. name of a cake (com.) with ναστίσκος m. (Pherecr.); also νακτός `pressed together' (Plu.); νακτά τοὺς πίλους καὶ τὰ ἐμπίλια H. -- Verbal subst. νάγμα n. `closely sqeezed stone-wall' (J.). From the attestations it is not clear, whether the verbal stem orig. ended in a velar (νάξαι φ 122) or a dental (νασ-τός from *νατ-τός?); perh. best is, to take ναστός and νένασμαι as analogical (after παστός, πέπασμαι?).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Etymology unknown; connection with νάκος `woollen skin' (s.v.) cannot be proven. Other combinations by Sommer Lautst. 57. -- Here as LW [loanword] Lat. naccae `fullones', perh. from *νάκται; further s. W.-Hofmann s.v. - The verb may well be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2, 291
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.