- σκώπτω
- σκώπτωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to mock, to jest, to flout, to taunt' (h.Cer. 203)Other forms: σκῶψαι (IA.), fut. σκώψομαι (Ar.), pass. aor. σκωφθῆναι (X.), perf. ἔσκωμμαι (Luc.),Compounds: Also with ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα- a. o. As 2. member in φιλο-σκώμμων, -ονος m. `fond of mocking' (Hdt., Plu., Luc. a. o.) with -οσύνη (Poll.).Derivatives: 1. σκῶμμα (ἐπί-, ἀπό-) n. `mockery, jest' (Att.) with -άτιον n. (Ar.); 2. σκῶψις (ἐπί-) f. `id.' (Alex., Plu.). 3. σκώπτης m. `mocker' (Archig. a. o.), φιλο-σκώπτης `fond of mocking' (Arist. a. o.) with -έω (Ath.); f. σκώπτρια (Procop.). 4. σκωπτικός `fond of mocking' (Plu., Luc., Poll.). 5. σκωπαλέος (Hdn. Gr.). 5. from the presentstem σκωπτ-όλης m. `mocker' (Ar. a. o.), -ηλός `mocking' (Zonar.). -- On σκώπευμα, σκωπίας s. σκώψ.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. Formally one might think for this purely Greek formation of connection both with σκέπτομαι (Curtius 168) as with the group of σκάπ-τω (Groselj Živa Ant. 2, 66 f.). The semantic proces remains to be explained. Diff. Machek Ling. Posn. 5, 68 f. (to Čech. štipati `mock, prickle'). Cf. σκώψ.Page in Frisk: 2,746
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