1. χρεμετίζω · chremetizō — Beekes
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χρεμετίζω
chremetizo
to whinny, neigh
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What it meant
2. χρεμετίζω · chremetizō — Chantraine
3. χρεμετίζω · chremetizō — Frisk
4. χρεμετ-ίζω · chremet-izō — LSJ
neigh, whinny, of horses, Il. 12.51, Hdt. 3.86, 87, Pl. R. 396b, Phdr. 254d, Jul. Mis. 366a: metaph. of lewd men, χ. ἐπὶ γυναῖκα LXX Je. 5.8.—In Hes. Sc. 348 we have a shorter form of 3 pl. aor. 1, χρέμισαν, as if from χρεμίζω. (Cf. χρόμη, χρόμαδος, OE. gremettan, grymettan ‘to roar’, OSlav. vǔz-grǐmèti ‘to thunder’.)
In the wild
- ἐχρεμέτισε · echremetise Herodotus, Histories 3.86.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3555)
- χρεμετίσαι · chremetisai Herodotus, Histories 3.87.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3560)
- χρεμέτιζον · chremetizon Iliad 12.51
- χρεμετίζειν · chremetizein Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.16.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2058)
- χρεμετίζων · chremetizōn Plato, Phaedrus 254 (DIORISIS sentence 489)
- χρεμετίζοντας · chremetizontas Plato, Republic 3.396 (DIORISIS sentence 1674)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χρεμετίζω (scan p. 1698; entry #6605). Root candidates: *grimma-, *grama-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χρεμετίζω (scan p. 1292; entry #8799).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χρεμετίζω (scan pp. 2088-2089; entry #6139).
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