βερνώμεθα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editPossibly akin to μείρομαι (meíromai, “to receive”), μέρος (méros, “part”). Alternatively borrowed from a Paleo-Balkan language, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bring”) akin to Ancient Greek φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”).[1]
Verb
editβερνώμεθα • (bernṓmetha) (Laconian)
- to appoint (first-person singular optative present)
- Synonym: κληρόω (klēróō)
- 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β:
- βερνώμεθα· κληρωσώμεθα. Λάκωνες
- bernṓmetha; klērōsṓmetha. Lákōnes
- bernṓmetha: we shall appoint
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Krahe, Hans (1955) Die Sprache der Illyrier (in German), volume I: Die Quellen, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 46
Further reading
edit- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βερνώμεθα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
- Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “βερνώμεθα”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 233