πί̄συγγος

πί̄συγγος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `shoemaker' (Sapph., Alex. Aet., Herod., com. ap. Poll.)

Other forms: Also -σσ-. S. bel. on πεσσ-\/ττ-.

Derivatives: -ύγγιον n. `shoemaking' (com. ap. Poll., Hdn. Gr.). Besides πέσσυμπτον σκυτεῖον and πεσσύπτη σκυτεύ\<τ\>ρια H. Cf. πεττύκια n. pl. `small pieces of leather' (Moer.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Foreign word of unknown origin. Cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 61, Schwyzer 300 n. 1 a. 498 w. n. 9, Hamm Grammatik $ 150 w. n. 100, Friedmann Die jon. u. att. Wörter 53 f. (with report of the discussion). -- Attempts in Bq (rejected). - The word is Pre-Greek (Furnée 357), as the suffix -υγγ- shows.

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