σμαραγέω

σμαραγέω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to drone, to roar, to thunder', of the sea, thunder etc. (ep. Il., also Hp. Mul. 2, 154).

Other forms: Aor. -ῆσαι

Compounds: As 2. member (directly referring to the verb) in ἐρι-σμάραγος `droning loudly' (Hes. of Ζεύς, late also of θάλασσα a. o.), also πολυ-, βαρυ-, ἁλι-σμάραγος a. o. (Opp., Nonn.). Also σμαραγίζω `id.' (Hes. Th. 693), σμαράσσω (EM), μαράσσω (Erot.).

Derivatives: σμαραγ-ή f. `the droning' (Opp.), -ος m. name of a suburban god (Hom. Epigr.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Onomatopoet. like λαλαγέω, παταγέω, σφαραγέομαι, ῥαθαγέω a. o. with λαλαγή, πάταγος, σφάραγος, ῥάθαγος a. o.; σμαράσσω like πατάσσω, ῥαθάσσω a. o. -- Improbable hypothesis on the origin (reformation of σφαραγέομαι after (σ)μάραγνα `whip') by Güntert Reimwortbild. 159. -- Furnée 227 considers σφάραγος as a variant (with φ\/μ) and so takes the two words as Pre-Greek.

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