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σίττᾰ

sitta

[interj

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What it meant

1. σίττα · sitta — Beekes

σίττα [interj.] cry of herdsmen (Theoc.). *VAR Also ψίττα (sch.); similar yotta (E. Cyc. 49, Luc., AP); pitta (Poll. 9, 122 and 127) cf. Fur.: 329. *ETYM Elementary interjection; see Schwyzer KZ 58 (1931): 170ff. and Kretschmer Glotta 21 (1933): 172. — [Beekes, s.v. σίττα, p. 1388]

2. σίττα · sitta — Frisk

σίττα Zuruf der Hirten (Theok.), auch ψέττα (Sch.); ähnlich ψύττα {E. Kyk. 49, Luk., AP). — Elementare Interjektion, 5. Schwyzer KZ 58, 170ff., Kretschmer Glotta 21, 172. oltrn f. ‘Art Specht oder Baumkletterer’ (Arist., Kall. u.a.); dial. auch {rra, intra (H.). — Ohne Zweifel lautnachahmend, s. Thompson Birds s. v. mit wichtigen Einzelheiten. — [Frisk, s.v. σίττα, p. 1684]

3. σίττα · sitta — Frisk

σίττα. Die Form yirra auch bei Poll. u.a.? — [Frisk, s.v. σίττα, p. 2304]

4. σίττᾰ · sitta — LSJ

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st! σίττα, νέμεσθε Theoc. 8.69; σίτθʼ, ὁ λέπαργος Id. 4.45; when ἀπό follows, to drive them off, οὐκ ἀπὸ τᾶς κράνας σίττʼ, ἀμνίδες; Id. 5.3; σίττʼ ἀπὸ τᾶς κοτίνω ib. 100; when πρός follows, to lead them on, σίτθʼ, ἁ Κυμαίθα, ποτὶ τὸν λόφον Id. 4.46: cf. ψίττα, ψύττα.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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