πέλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *kʷélō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)). Cognates include Latin colō, Sanskrit चरति (cárati).[1] Unrelated to Latin pellō, which is instead related to ψάλλω (psállō).

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    πέλω • (pélō)

    1. to be
    2. to become
    3. to take place
    4. (in compounds) to stir

    Usage notes

    • Very often deponent; in the active usually in 3rd singular.

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πέλομαι (> VAR πέλω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1168

    Further reading

    • πέλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • πέλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • πέλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • πέλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
    • πέλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
    • πέλω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter