γαγγαίνειν
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gang-. Cognates include Sanskrit गञ्ज (gañja) and Old English canc (“insult”). Compare also γογγύζω (gongúzō, “I murmur, grumble”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡaŋ.ɡǎi̯.neːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡaŋˈɡɛ.nin/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣaɲˈɟɛ.nin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣaɲˈɟe.nin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣaɲˈɟe.nin/
Verb edit
γᾰγγαίνειν • (gangaínein)
- present active infinitive of *γαγγαίνω. Hesychius glosses it as τὸ μετὰ γέλωτος προσπαίζειν (tò metà gélōtos prospaízein, “to laugh at, make fun of”).
Further reading edit
- “γαγγαίνειν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαγγαίνειν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαγγαίνειν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Hesychius' Lexicon: γ