- ῥέζω 1
- ῥέζω 1.Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `to act, to perform', esp. of a sacrifice, `to offer a sacrifice' (ep. Il.).Other forms: Fut. ῥέξω, aor. ῥέξαι, pass. ῥεχθῆναι.Dialectal forms: Myc. woze 3 sg. pres. \/worzei\/ Aura Jorro 2, 451.Compounds: Rarely w. ἐπι-, κατα- a.o.Derivatives: Vbaladj. ἄ-ρεκ-τος `undone' (Τ 150, Simon.), Nom. ag. ῥεκτήρ, -ῆρος m. `doer' (Hes., Man.; Benveniste Noms d'ag. 39), -τήριος `effective' (Ion Hist.), f. -τειρα (Man.); ῥέκτης m. `id.' (Plu., Aret.), -τικός `capable of smth.' (Porph.), also ῥέκτας `sacrificer' (Tauromenion; Rom. times); παρρέκτης πάντα πράττων ἐπὶ κακῳ̃ H.; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 150 a. 175; on ῥέζω with derivv. E. Kretschmer Glotta 18, 85 f.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1168] *u̯erǵ- `work'Etymology: Beside the full grade (Ϝ)έργον stood originally a zero grade yot-present, IE *u̯r̥ǵ-i̯-eti (= Av. vǝrǝzyeiti a.o.), of which he Greek representative *Ϝράζω (= Myc. woze), was replaced by the full grade ἔρδω \< *Ϝέργ-ι̯ω (after Ϝέργον). As secondary full grade, with diff. position of the liquida, came for it Ϝρεγ-, first in the aor. a. fut. ῥέξαι, ῥέξω, to which the pres. ῥέζω was formed, vbaladj. ἄ-ρ(ρ)εκτος etc.; cf. Schwyzer 716 n. 2 w. lit. On traces of the same full grade in Alban. a. Celt. Pok. 1168 w. lit.; on this w. extensive treatment Bader Les composés grecs du type de demiourgos (Études et Comm. 57 [Paris 1965]) 1ff. -- Further s. ἔρδω and ἔργον.Page in Frisk: 2,647
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.