κρεμάννυμι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κρεμάζω (kremázō), κρεμάω (kremáō), κρεμνάω (kremnáō), κρεμόω (kremóō), κρεμύω (kremúō), κρεμαννύω (kremannúō)

Etymology

Possibly evolved from an original sense of weak, flaccid, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱremh₂- (to hang). Beekes postulates that the present form κρέμαμαι (krémamai) and the aorist κρεμάσαι (kremásai) are the oldest formations, and other present stems were all newer innovations.[1] Rix, however, proposes that κρίμνημι (krímnēmi) may represent an old nasal-infix present and that κρεμόω (kremóō) may reflect an old desiderative.[2] According to the philologist Julia Sturm, the verb κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi) may represent a remodeling of older κρίμνημι (krímnēmi).[3]

Cognate with Sanskrit श्रम् (śram, to be or become weary or tired, be tired of doing anything), श्रान्त (śrānta, tired), as well as possibly Proto-Germanic *hramō (hanging frame) (though Beekes is skeptical of the Germanic comparison).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κρεμάννῡμῐ • (kremánnūmĭ)

  1. (active voice) to hang, hang up
  2. (middle voice) to hang, be hanging, be suspended

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀνακρεμάννυμι (anakremánnumi)
  • ἀνακρεμασμός (anakremasmós)
  • ἀποκρεμάννυμι (apokremánnumi)
  • ἀποκρεμαστός (apokremastós)
  • εἰσκρεμάννυμι (eiskremánnumi)
  • ἐκκρεμάννυμι (ekkremánnumi)
  • ἐπικρεμάννυμι (epikremánnumi)
  • κατακρεμάννυμι (katakremánnumi)
  • κατακρέμαστος (katakrémastos)
  • κρεμάθρα (kremáthra)
  • κρεμαστάριον (kremastárion)
  • κρεμαστός (kremastós)
  • παρακρεμάννυμι (parakremánnumi)
  • περικρεμάννυμι (perikremánnumi)
  • προσκρεμάννυμι (proskremánnumi)
  • ὑπερκρεμάννυμι (huperkremánnumi)
  • ὑποκρεμάννυμι (hupokremánnumi)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κρεμάννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 775
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*ḱremh₂-1 'schlaff werden'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 337-338
  3. ^ Julia Sturm (5 January 2021), “A derivational history of κρίμνημι/κρήμνημι 'hang something up' and associated forms”, in Greek and Latin Linguistics[1], Society for Classical Studies

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