Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

The etymology is unexplained. It must be rejected the suggestion of Solmsen, who reconstructs a word for "penis" and connects Lithuanian tvìnstu (to swell out (of a river)), and connects other word with σα-, like σάτυρος (sáturos, satyr).

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

σαίνω (saínō)

  1. (of dogs) to wag the tail, fawn
  2. (figuratively) to fawn, cringe, crouch
  3. to fawn on, pay court to, greet
  4. to gladden, especially with hope or conviction
  5. to beguile, cozen, deceive

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • σαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • σαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • σαίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σαίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN