ῥαίνω

ῥαίνω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to besprinkle, to spray, to strew' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. ῥῆναι (Hp. a.o.), ῥᾶναι (Att., hell.), pass. ῥανθῆναι (Pi. a.o.), ipv. 2. pl. ῥάσσατε (υ 150), ptc. περι-ρασάμενοι (Pergamon II^a) after κεδάσσαι, κεράσ(σ)αι a.o. (?), perf. act. δι-έρραγκα (LXX), midd. 3. pl. ἐρράδαται (υ 354), plqu. -δατ(ο) (Μ 431) with analog. -δ- (Schwyzer 672; but s. bel.), ἔρραμμαι (hell. a. late), -ασμαι (sch.).

Compounds: Often w. prefix, esp. περι-.

Derivatives: 1. ῥανίς, -ίδος f. `drop' (trag., Ar., Arist.) with ῥανίζω = ῥαίνω (Poll.); 2. ῥαντός `besprinkled, spotted' (Hp.) with ῥαντίζω, also w. περι- a.o., = ῥαίνω (LXX, Ep. Hebr. a.o.), to which (περι-)ῥαντ-ισμός m. (LXX, NT), -ισμα n. (Vett.Val.); 3. ῥαντήρ, -ῆρος m. `sprinkler' (Nic.) with (περι-, ἁπο-)ῥαντήριον n. `vessel with sprinkling water' (IA.); 4. (περι-)ῥάντης m. `sprinkler' (pap.); 5. (περί-)ῥανσις f. `sprinkling' (Pl., pap.); 6. ἀπό-ρ(ρ)ανθρον = ἀπορραντήριον (Anaphe, Priene); 7. ῥάσμα n. `sprinkling, spray' (hell.).

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

Etymology: The above verbal system is based on ῥαν-, which, if inherited, represents the zero grade of IE *u̯ren- or *sren- (of which one would expect *u̯\/sr̥n-). Certain non-Gr. cognates are unknown. After Solmsen KZ 37, 590ff. to a Slav. verb for `let fall, shed' in Russ. ronítь, Czech. roniti, Pol. ronić a.o., which can go back on *u̯ron-, but may be explained diff. (WP. 1, 139, Pok. 329). Unclear is Hitt. ḫurnāi- `besprinkle' (Szemerényi KZ 73, 74). Who analyses the root as u̯r-en- or sr-en-, can locate the word in a wellknown surrounding. -- (Improb. is the connection with ῥαίνω (as *u̯rn̥-dh-, s. above) of ῥαθάμιγξ; s. v.) -- The variation δ\/ν is well known as a Pre-Greek phenomenon (Kuiper, FS Kretschmer 1, 216). This proves that the verb is Pre-Greek.

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