ῥάσσω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ῥάβδος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
rhabdos
English translation (word)
stick, staff
Transliteration (Etymon)
rhassō
English translation (etymon)
to break, to wreck
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, p. 701
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)
Quotation
Ῥάβδος: Παρὰ τὸ ῥάσσω· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥαπίζω· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥάπτω, τὸ ῥαπίζω, ῥάπδος καὶ ῥάβδος. Ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ παρὰ τὸ ῥᾷον βαίνειν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ
Translation (En)
Rhabdos "stick, staff". From rhassō "to break". Or from rhapizō "to strike with a stick". Or from *rhaptō "to strike with a stick", *rhapdos and rhabdos. And it is etymologized by "to walk" (bainein) "easily" (rhaion) on the road
Parallels
Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, rho, p. 1604 (Ῥάβδῳ. ἐπιτιμίου λόγῳ. εἴρηται ῥάβδος παρὰ τὸ ῥάσσω, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥαπίζω, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥᾷον βαίνειν)
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
Yes
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, similar to that found in the Gudianum (see ῥάβδος / ῥαίω) but with a different etymon meaning "to break". Functional etymology