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πάταγος

patagos

clatter, crash, rattle

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1. πάταγος · patagos — Beekes

πάταγος [m.] ‘clatter, crash, rattle’ (11.). *DER 1. παταγ-ἔω (also ἀντι-, ὕπο-, etc.) [v.] ‘to make noise, splash, roar’ (Alec. [natayeoKe]), -ἡ [f.] (Ὁ. P., Longos), -ημα [n.] (Men.) = πάταγος. 2. πατάσσω (aor. πατάξαι, also ἐκ-, ovv-, etc.) [v.] ‘to knock, beat, hurt’ (Il; Att. mostly as an aor. and fut.act. to the present τύπτω). 3. πατάξ [interj.) (Ar. Av. 1258). 4. καπατᾷ’ κατακόψεις, Πάφιοι ‘you break … — [Beekes, s.v. πάταγος, p. 1207]

2. πάταγος · patagos — Chantraine

πάταγος : m. «fracas» causé en principe par des choses qui se heurtent, arbres qui tombent, dents qui claquent, armes heurtées, jamais dit de cris humains, mais parfois du tonnerre (Hom., Hdt., poètes). Verbe dénominatif : παταγέω «faire du bruit, fracas» venant du heurt de deux corps (Ar.) de deux objets, etc., parfois dit du cri de certains oiseaux (Arist. H. 4. 632 b), première attestation chez Alc. πατάγεσχε fr. … — [Chantraine, s.v. πάταγος, p. 879]

3. πάταγος · patagos — Frisk

πάταγος m. “durch Aneinanderschlagen, Brechen usw. entstandenes Geräusch, Krachen, Getöse’ (ep. ion. poet. seit Il.). Daneben 1. παταγ-έω, auch m. ἀντι-, ὑπο- u.a., “ein Geräusch machen, plätschern, tosen’ (vorw. poet. seit Alk. [nardyeoxe]), «nf. (Ὁ. P., Longos), -nue n. (Men.) = πάταγος. 2. πατάσσω, Aor. πατάξαι, auch m. &x-, συν- u.a., "klopfen, schlagen, verwunden’ (seit Il.; im Att. meist Aor. u. Fut. Akt. zum … — [Frisk, s.v. πάταγος, p. 1451]

4. πάτᾰγος · patagos — LSJ

clatter, crash, chattering, plash, rattle, crash, rumbling, clashing

clatter, crash, as of trees falling, π. δέ τε ἀγνυμενάων (sc. γίγνεται) Il. 16.769 ; π. δέ τε γίγνετʼ ὀδόντων chattering of the teeth, 13.283 ; plash of a body falling into water, ἐν δʼ ἔπεσον μεγάλῳ π. 21.9, cf. Pi. P. 1.24 ; rattle or crash of thunder, Ar. Nu. 382, cf. Arist. Mu. 395a13 ; π. ἀνέμων D.H. Comp. 16 ; rumbling caused by flatulence, Hp. VM 22 ; but never of the human voice (exc. in late Greek, βληχᾶσθαι καὶ κρώζειν ἐν ὑποκρίσει τὸν ἔξηχον π. Porph. Chr. 35) : hence βοῇ καὶ πατάγῳ χ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πάταγος (scan pp. 1207-1208; entry #4841).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πάταγος (scan p. 879; entry #6315).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πάταγος (scan pp. 1451-1452; entry #4516).

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