ὀμφύνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Linguistic tradition would seem to suggest a descent from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-, as with Latin omnis, but reasoning from Edzard Furnée: ostensibly from ὀμφυν-, a Pre-Greek byform of Ancient Greek ὄμπνη (ómpnē), and the factitive verbal suffix -ύνω (-únō), with haplology.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ὀμφῡ́νω • (omphū́nō)

  1. (active voice) to make famous or honored; to honor, respect
    Synonyms: ἀσκέω (askéō), αὐξάνω (auxánō), σεμνύνω (semnúnō)
    Antonym: αἰσχῡ́νω (aiskhū́nō)
  2. (active voice) to strengthen (a grammatical object)
    Synonyms: ἐνισχύω (eniskhúō), ἰσχυρόω (iskhuróō), ῥώννυμι (rhṓnnumi)

Conjugation

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