πάντῃ + φαίνω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
παιφάσσω
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
paiphassō
English translation (word)
dart, rush about
Transliteration (Etymon)
pantē + phainō
English translation (etymon)
on every side + to appear
Century
1 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Lexicon homericum p. 126
Ed.
I. Bekker, Apollonii Sophistae lexicon Homericum, Berlin, 1833
Quotation
παιφάσσειν πυκνῶς ἀπὸ ἄλλου πρὸς ἄλλον ὁρμᾶν μαχόμενον, ἀπὸ τοῦ πάντῃ φαίνεσθαι. βέλτιον δὲ λέγειν πεποιῆσθαι τὴν λέξιν κατὰ μίμησιν, καὶ σημαίνειν τὸ πανταχῇ φαίνεσθαι καὶ ἐνθουσιαστικῶς κινεῖσθαι.
Translation (En)
paiphassein, meaning to rush quickly from one to another in the fight, comes from to appear on every side (pantē phainesthai). One had better say this word has been created by imitation and means to appear everywhere and be furiously on the move.
Parallels
No parallel
Modern etymology
Reduplicated intensive verb, but the meaning is uncertain and so is the etymology. See Beekes, EDG
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Arthur de Tocqueville
Comment
The word, assumed to be a poetic creation, is parsed as a compound of "to shine, to appear". The first member of the compound is identified as an adverb. The meaning of πάντη "everywhere" matches the intensive meaning which modern etymology assumes for παιφάσσω.