ποπύζω

ποπύζω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to click with the tongue', as call etc. (com., Thphr., Theoc.).

Other forms: Dor. -ύσδω.

Derivatives: ποππ-υσμός m. (X., Plu.), -υσμα n, (Dexipp. in Cat., Juv.) `the clicking'; enlarged in ποππυ-λιάσδω `id.' (Theoc.), cf. βομβυλιάζω (s. βόμβος).

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

Etymology: Reduplicated sound-word with expressive gemination (Schwyzer 647 a. 315; on -ύζω ibd. 716); note the prenasalization.

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