σκαρῑφάομαι

σκαρῑφάομαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to tear up the surface of a body, to scratch, to make an outline' (H., sch. on Ar. Ra. 1497).

Derivatives: σκαρῑφ-ησμοί m. pl. approx. `scribblings, quibbles' (Ar. Ra. 1497), -ήματα n. pl. `id.' (sch. Ar. Nu. 630, Phot.); also -εύω with -εύματα `id.' (sch., Suid.). To this, prob. as backformation, σκάρῑφος (-ον) m. (n.) `outline, sketch, slate-pencil' (H., sch., EM; after sch. also = κάρφος, φρύγανον through false association).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [946] *skrībʰ- `scratch'

Etymology: Popular iterativ-intensive, except for the formation nearly identical with Lat. scribō (from where schreiben etc.); beside it with -p- Latv. skrīpât `scratch, scribble, write down,' with loss of the s- Germ., e.g. OWNo. hrīfa `scratch, tear'; unclear MIr. scrīp(a)id `scratches'. The inlaut. -α- can be unproblemat. explained as secondary propvowel (Schwyzer 644 n. 2); in any case not old ablaut. Further forms with rich lit. and usual root analysis in WP. 2, 585f., Pok. 946 f., W.-Hofmann s. scrībō.

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