πηδάω

πηδάω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to leap, to jump', of the heart or puls `to beat' (Il.).

Other forms: (hyperDor. παδ-), aor. πηδῆσαι.

Compounds: Very often w. prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, κατα-, ἐκ-, ἀπο-.

Derivatives: (ἀνα-, ἐκ-)πήδ-ημα n. `leap' (trag.; also as terminus of sport, s. Jüthner Wien Stud. 53, 68ff.), -ησις (ἀνα-, ἐκ-, ἀπο- etc.) f. `jumping, leaping' (IA.), -ηθμός m. `pulse beat' (Hp.), -ητής (ἐπεισ- πηδάω ) m. `leaper' (Ptol., Gloss.), -ητικός (ἐκ- πηδάω) `fit for jumping' (Arist.). Backformation τρί-πηδος or -ον "three-jump", `trot' (Hippiatr.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [790] *ped- `foot'

Etymology: Sec. verbal formation of expressive character, either deverbative (Schwyzer 719) or denominative. As basic word most prob. is in the first case a verb for `fall etc.' in Skt. pád-ya-te (ā-pad- `tread in', apa-pad- `run off' etc.), Germ., OE fetan; besides OWNo. feta, pret. fat ` find the way to', all prob. with very old connecion to the word for `foot' (s. πούς). -- If denominative, hardly to be separated from πηδόν, s.v. Wrong on πηδάω Deroy Les ét. class. 16, 351 ff., Ant. class. 32, 429ff.

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