title: Hdt. 4.79 διεπρήστευσε
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metadata.value: Nikolaev, Alexander
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metadata.value: 2023-08-22T19:20:10Z
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metadata.value: 2023-08-22T19:20:10Z
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metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.value: Nikolaev A. Hdt. 4.79 διεπρήστευσε. Philologia Classica 2023, 18 (1), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2023.101
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2023.101
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43838
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metadata.value: This paper examines the form διεπρήστευσε, obelized in the editions of Herodotus. There have been two ways of interpreting the form: some scholars have taken it to refer to an act of speech, while others have sought here a verb of motion. Both groups of scholars proposed a variety of conjectures, some of them addenda lexicis and none of them commanding immediate acceptance. After a review of various solutions that have been proposed to-date, this paper argues in favor of retaining the reading of the paradosis and analyzing (-)πρηστεύω as a verb of quick motion. The verb is argued to be an Ionic colloquialism (or even Herodotus’ own Augenblicksbildung), derived from the root of πίμπρημι in its original meaning ‘to blow’ (of which ‘to burn’ is a secondary development) via an agent noun πρηστήρ / *πρήστης, cf. μνηστεύω ‘woo’ : μνηστήρ ‘suitor’ or δυναστεύω ‘hold power’ : δυνάστης ‘person with power’. The proposed translation ‘blasted, dashed’ is supported by typological parallels for the semantic development ‘to blow’ → ‘to move (impetuously)’, such as Old English bl.́stan ‘to blow; to move impetuously’ or Russian dut’ ‘to blow; to dash, to rush’. Interestingly, Hittite (parip) parāi-, the cognate of Gk. πίμπρημι, may show the same semantic development: ‘to blow’, ‘to ignite fire by blowing’ > ‘to move swiftly’.
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metadata.value: I would like to record my gratitude to Roberto Batisti, Albio Cesare Cassio, Stefan Höfler, Craig
  Melchert, Sergio Neri, Norbert Oettinger, Dmitry Panchenko, Martin Peters, Zachary Rothstein-Dowden
  and David Sasseville who either commented on an earlier version of this paper or discussed individual
  problems with me; I claim full credit, however, for everything that needs improvement. I also gratefully
  acknowledge support from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 18; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: agent nouns
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: etymology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Herodotus
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Hittite
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Indo-European reconstruction
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: paragogic -s-
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: textual criticism
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Hdt. 4.79 διεπρήστευσε
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metadata.value: Article
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