- ἀσπάζομαι
- ἀσπάζομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `wellcome kindly, greet' (Il.).Other forms: Aor. ἀσπάσασθαιDialectal forms: Myc. apasijojo PN perh. \/Aspsioio\/.Derivatives: An old adjective is ἀσπάσιος `wellcome, cheerful' (Il.), after the adjectives in -σιος (Schwyzer 466, Chantr. Form. 41, cf. θαυμάσιος). Verbal adj. ἀσπαστός `wellcome' (Od.). ἀσπακῶς H., Schwyzer 417 n. 1.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unknown. Connected with σπάω as `draw to onself'; the ἀ- acc. to Kretschmer Glotta 12, 189f. from *ἀν-σπάζομαι. Seiler KZ 75, 1958, 21f. to ἐνέπω (\< n̥sp-); very doubtful. vW.: ἀ-copul. and *sekʷ- `follow, accompany', but the latter idea is not observable in ἀσπάζομαι.Page in Frisk: 1,166
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.