ἀρνέομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂res- (to refuse, deny). Compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬵- (rah-, to be disloyal, unfaithful) and notably Albanian rrej (to lie, deceive),[1] though not related to Old Armenian ուրանամ (uranam, to deny) (whence modern ուրանալ (uranal)).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀρνέομαι • (arnéomai)

  1. to deny, disown
  2. to refuse
  3. (absolute) to say "no", decline, refuse

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: αρνούμαι (arnoúmai), αρνιέμαι (arniémai)

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 259
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀρνέομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

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