- σκίμπτομαι
- σκίμπτομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to throw, to sling, to throw oneself down, to fall down, to uphold (oneself)' (Call. POxy. 2080, 49 [σ]κιμπ[τόμενο]ν H., also act. σκίμπτει); κίμψαντες ἐρείσαντες, στηρίξαντες H. Details in Solmsen Wortforsch. 206f.; s. also Bechtel Dial.3, 331 (partly diff.).Other forms: Aor. σκίμψασθαι (Pi.), pass. σκιμφθῆναι (Hp.), perf. pass. ἀπ-εσκίμφθαι (Pi.), mostly with ἐν(ι)- : ἐν(ι)-σκίμψαι (P 437, Pi., A. R., Nic.), -σκιμφθῆναι (Π 612 = Ρ 528).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Ep. poet. verb, reminding on the one hand of σκήπτω (-ομαι), on the other of χρίμπτω (-ομαι); cf. Nic. Th. 336 ἐνι-σκίμψῃ with vv. ll. -χρίμψῃ and -σκήψῃ), perh. arisen from cross of both (vgl. Güntert Reimwortbildungen 29). Usually connceted with σκίπων (s. v.).Page in Frisk: 2,732
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.