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samappito
samappita
masc nom sg of samappita (pp)
- provided; appointed; filled (with); having; lit. caused to reach together
- ended up (in); consigned (to); delivered (to); committed (to); lit. caused to reach together
- struck; pierced (by); lit. caused to reach together
Built from
- sam/saṁ — prefix · together
Brings things into one; works like Latin con-. Cognates: English same, Greek homo-, Latin similis.
- ā — prefix · toward, until
Reverses motion toward the speaker. The ā- + pad- combination means 'reach toward, arrive at'.
- pad — root · go, reach, fall
Indo-European *ped- 'foot, go'; related to Sanskrit padyate 'falls, reaches', English foot. Concrete sense: moving to a place.
- ita — ending · past participle
Masculine nominative singular; marks completed action, here 'having been caused to reach'.
Analysis. saṁ- (together) + appita (caused to reach, from ā- (toward) + pp- (reach) + -ita (past participle)): 'brought together to, brought into contact with'.
Etymology. sam- (together, bringing things into one) + ā- (toward, reversal) + √pad- (to go, reach, fall); the root pad- appears in Sanskrit padyate 'falls, reaches', and the prefix ā- reverses motion toward the speaker. The compound imagery: things converging or being brought into contact.