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σκιρτάω

skirtao

to jump, hop

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Where it lives

Malachias 1 · 7.2/10k
Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
Luke 4 · 2.07/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σκιρτάω · skirtaō — Beekes

σκιρτάω [v.} ‘to jump, hop’ (especially epic poet. Y 226, 228, also late prose), -éw (Opp.). 42> VAR Only pres. and ipf. «COMP Also with prefix (mostly late), e.g. ava-, ém-, kata-. eDER σκίρτ-ημα [n.] jump’ (A., E. et al.), -ησις [f.] ‘the jumping’ (Plu.), -ηθμός [m.] ‘id.’, -ητής [m.] “jumper, dancer’ (Mosch., Orph, etc.), -ητικός (Plu., Corn.); Σκίρτος [m.] name of a satyr (backfomation; AP, Nonn. etc.), -twv, … — [Beekes, s.v. σκιρτάω, p. 1406]

2. σκιρτάω · skirtaō — Chantraine

σκιρτάω : τέω (Opp.) «sauter en tous sens » (différent de πηδάω «bondir » et ἄλλομαι «sauter »), dit, par exemple, de jeunes animaux (Il. 22,226, 228, Æsch., E., Ar., PI. Lois 653 e) terme poétique ; aussi avec ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, περι-, ὑπο- (poésie et prose tardives) seulement thème de présent. Dérivés : σκίρτ-ημα ἢ. «bond » dit d'animaux (Æsch., E.), -nouc f. « fait de bondir » (Plu.), -ηθμός m. id. … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκιρτάω, p. 1040]

3. σκιρτάω · skirtaō — Frisk

σκιρτάω (-ἔω Opp.), auch m. Präfix (fast nur sp.), z.B. ava-, ἔπι-, sara-, nur Präs. u. Ipf., “springen, hüpfen’ (νοῦν. ep. poet. seit Y 226, 228, auch sp. Prosa). Davon σπίρτ-ημα τι. werden nern nn Σκίταλοι---σκόλοψ 735 ‘Sprung’ (Α., E. u.a.), -noıc f. “das Springen’ (Plu.), -ηϑμός m. “ds, -ητής m. “Springer, Tänzer’ (Mosch., Orph. u.a.), -ητικός (Plu., Corn.); Zxieros m. Satyrname (Rückbildung; AP, Nonn. u.a.), … — [Frisk, s.v. σκιρτάω, p. 1706]

4. σκιρτ-άω · skirt-aō — LSJ

spring, leap, bound

spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δʼ ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν . ., ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπʼ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης Il. 20.226, 228; πῶλοι ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ E. Ph. 1125; of goats, Theoc. 1.152; of the Bacchae, E. Ba. 446; ὀρχεῖσθε καὶ σ. καὶ χορεύετε Ar. Pl. 761, cf. V. 1305; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ. Pl. Lg. 653e: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δʼ ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων A. Pr. 1085 (anap.).

2 to be skittish, unruly

metaph., to be skittish, unruly, E. Fr. 362.31, Pl. R. 571c, etc.

In the wild

σκιρτᾷ · skirtai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1085–1087
σκίρτα · skirta Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 835)
σκιρτᾶτε · skirtate Aristophanes, Plutus 760 (DIORISIS sentence 599)
ἐσκίρτα · eskirta Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 948)
σκιρτῶσι · skirtōsi Euripides, Bacchae 443–446
ἐσκίρτων · eskirtōn Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 663)

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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. σκιρτάω (scan p. 1406; entry #5606).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκιρτάω (scan p. 1040; entry #7361).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκιρτάω (scan pp. 1706-1707; entry #5210).

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