- ῥαπίζω
- ῥαπίζω, -ομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: ἐπι- (also `to reproach'), `to beat with a stick, a rod, by hand', pass. `to be beaten' (ΙΑ.).Other forms: Aor. pass. ῥαπισθῆναι, act. ῥαπίσαι, perf. ptc. pass. ῥεραπισμένα.Compounds: Rarely w. prefix, e.g. ἐπι- (also `to reproach').Derivatives: ῥάπ-ισμα n. `stroke, slap in the face, box on the ears' (Antiph., NT, Luc.), -ισμός m. `id.' (Corn., Sor.); ἐπιρράπ-ιξις f. `reproach' (Ion. Hist.), -ισμός `id.' (Plb.). -- Besides as 2. member -ραπις in χρυσό-ρραπις, voc. -ι `with a golden rod', surname of Hermes (Od., h. Merc., Pi.), ἐΰ-ρραπις (Έρμῆς) `with a beautiful rod' (Nonn.); ῥαπίς as simplex = ῥάβδος only H., Phot.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: As the simplex ῥαπίς may have been deduced from χρυσό-ρραπις and here -ις can be explained as compound-suffix (ἄν-αλκ-ις, ἵππ-ουρ-ις), the basis of ῥαπίζω is uncertain. It may come from a noun (*ῥάψ, *ῥαπ-ή v.t.), but it can also be tranformation of a primary verb; cf. the examples in Schwyzer 735 f. -- Formally ῥαπίζω could be a zero grade formation of ῥέπω, ῥόπαλον and would indicate, if deverbative, a sweeping movement (of a rod, the hand etc.). Further s. ῥέπω; vgl. 1. ῥώψ, ῥάβδος, ῥάμνος; also ῥάπτω. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,642-643
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.