ἀάω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *ἀϝάω (*awáō), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂-, though without obvious cognates.[1] Linked by Cohen/Hyllested (via their proposed sound law **h₃w>*h₂w) to Homeric οὖτα (oûta) (cf. οὐτᾰ́ω (outắō, to wound)) and Lithuanian voti̇̀s (ulcer).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀάω • (aáō)

  1. (chiefly Epic) to hurt or damage the mind: mislead, infatuate (in relation to the effects of non-human things)

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
  2. ^ in: The sound of Indo-European, 53-72.

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