θείνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰéňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰén-ye-ti. from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.[1][2][3] Alternatively, the linguist Andreas Willi suggests that it may have been secondarily formed from *θένω (*thénō), itself possibly from a thematic root present *gʷʰén-e-ti.[4]

Cognates include Sanskrit हन्ति (hanti); Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (jainti); Old Armenian գան (gan) and ջնեմ (ǰnem); Latin offendō, and Old English bana (English bane). See also the aorist ἔπεφνον (épephnon) and the noun φόνος (phónos).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

θείνω • (theínō)

  1. to strike, wound

Usage notes

An Epic infinitive form, θεινέμεναι (theinémenai), is attested.

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “θείνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 536-537
  2. ^ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “θείνω”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, pages 425-426
  3. ^ Rau, Jeremy (12 March 2010), “Greek and Proto-Indo-European”, in Bakker, Egbert J., editor, A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language[1], Blackwell Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 177:θείνω < *gȗheni̯o/e
  4. ^ Willi, Andreas (2018), Origins of the Greek Verb, Cambridge University Press, page 425
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  • θείνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter