πλίσσομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *slēxsantī (thigh) and Sanskrit प्लेहते (plehate, to go), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pleygʰ- (to go, move). Not related to Proto-Slavic *plęsati (to dance).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πλῐ́σσομαι • (plĭ́ssomai)

  1. to cross the legs, as in trotting
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.318:
      αἱ δ' ἐὺ μὲν τρώχων, ἐὺ δὲ πλίσσοντο πόδεσσιν·
      hai d’ eù mèn trṓkhōn, eù dè plíssonto pódessin;
      Well did they trot, well did they cross their legs:

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀμφῐπλῐ́σσω (amphĭplĭ́ssō)
  • ἀποπλῐ́σσομαι (apoplĭ́ssomai)
  • δῐᾰπλῐ́σσομαι (dĭăplĭ́ssomai)
  • ἐκπλῐ́σσομαι (ekplĭ́ssomai)
  • κᾰτᾰπλῐ́σσομαι (kătăplĭ́ssomai)
  • περῐπλῐ́σσομαι (perĭplĭ́ssomai)
  • πλῐ́γμᾰ (plĭ́gmă)
  • πλῐ́ξ (plĭ́x)
  • πλῐχᾰ́ς (plĭkhắs)

Further reading

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλίσσομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1211