- ἀμπλακίσκω
- ἀμπλακίσκωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `miss, fail; lose; sin' (Archil.).Other forms: also ἀμβλακίσκω; late and rare present to aor. ἤμπλακον (ἤμβ-), perf. Pass. ἠμπλάκημαι. Note ἀπλακών (E. Alc. 242, IA 124), ἀναπλάκητος (S. OT 472).Dialectal forms: not AtticDerivatives: ἀμπλακία `fault' (Hp.) with ἀμπλακιῶτις f. = ἱερὰ νόσος (Poet. de herb.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Compared with ἀμβλίσκω, which DELG rejects both as regards the form and the meaning. Not to βλάξ either. S. J. Schmidt KZ 37, 28f., Schwyzer 210 : 4. Both the presence \/ absence of the nasal and the variation voiced \/ voiceless is typical for substr. words; s. Fur. 281f. (to πλάζομαι Blanc, Nomina rerum 79-85.)Page in Frisk: 1,95-96
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.