σκιρτάω

σκιρτάω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to jump, to hop' (esp. ep. poet. Υ 226, 228, also late prose), -έω (Opp.).

Other forms: only pres. a. ipf.

Compounds: Also w. prefix (mostly late), e.g. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, κατα-.

Derivatives: σκίρτ-ημα n. `jump' (A., E. a. o.), -ησις f. `the jumping' (Plu.), -ηθμός m. `id.', -ητής m. `jumper, dancer' (Mosch., Orph. a. o.), -ητικός (Plu., Corn.); Σκίρτος m. satyrname (backfomation; AP, Nonn. a. o.), -τών, -τῶνος m. `one who is elated' (Eun.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Iterative-intensive formation in -τάω to σκαίρω (s. v.). The ι-vowel is a secondarily arisen propvowel (cf. the among each other dissimilar cases in Schwyzer 352 w. lit.). -- Uncertain.

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