φλύω

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰlūō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléwH-ti ~ *bʰluH-énti, from *bʰlewH- (to overflow). According to Beekes, related to φλέω (phléō, to overflow).[1]

Verb

φλῡ́ω • (phlū́ō)

  1. (of plants, fruits) to be full of juice, thrive
  2. to boil over, bubble up, well up
  3. to burst out
  4. (figuratively) to overflow with words, babble
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • ἀναφλύω (anaphlúō)
  • διαφλύω (diaphlúō)
  • ἐκφλύω (ekphlúō)
  • ἐπιφλύω (epiphlúō)
  • φλῠᾱρέω (phlŭāréō)
  • φλύζω (phlúzō)
  • φλύος (phlúos)
  • φλύσις (phlúsis)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φλύω 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1582

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (to vomit), and likely of identical origin to the "bubble out" sense of Etymology 1. Compare Proto-Slavic *bľuti (to vomit), Lithuanian bliáuti (to bleat, weep).[1]

Verb

φλῡ́ω • (phlū́ō)

  1. to vomit
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φλύω 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1582

Further reading

  • φλύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φλύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φλύω in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
  • φλύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φλύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φλύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • φλύω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011