δενδίλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Although this verb certainly has intensive reduplication, its etymology is unknown. The word has nothing to do with δανδαίνω (dandaínō, “to gaze, look intently”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /den.díl.lɔː/ → /ðenˈdil.lo/ → /ðenˈdi.lo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /den.díl.lɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /denˈdil.lo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðenˈdil.lo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðenˈdil.lo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðenˈdi.lo/

Verb

δενδῐ́λλω • (dendíllō)

1. to wink, blink

   Synonym: σκᾰρδᾰμῠ́σσω (skardamússō)

2. to turn the eyes, glance quickly

Inflection

   Present: δενδῐ́λλω, δενδῐ́λλομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δενδῐ́λλω	δενδῐ́λλεις	δενδῐ́λλει	δενδῐ́λλετον	δενδῐ́λλετον	δενδῐ́λλομεν	δενδῐ́λλετε	δενδῐ́λλουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	δενδῐ́λλω	δενδῐ́λλῃς	δενδῐ́λλῃ	δενδῐ́λλητον	δενδῐ́λλητον	δενδῐ́λλωμεν	δενδῐ́λλητε	δενδῐ́λλωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δενδῐ́λλοιμῐ	δενδῐ́λλοις	δενδῐ́λλοι	δενδῐ́λλοιτον	δενδῐλλοίτην	δενδῐ́λλοιμεν	δενδῐ́λλοιτε	δενδῐ́λλοιεν
	imperative		δένδῐλλε	δενδῐλλέτω	δενδῐ́λλετον	δενδῐλλέτων		δενδῐ́λλετε	δενδῐλλόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	δενδῐ́λλομαι	δενδῐ́λλῃ, δενδῐ́λλει	δενδῐ́λλεται	δενδῐ́λλεσθον	δενδῐ́λλεσθον	δενδῐλλόμεθᾰ	δενδῐ́λλεσθε	δενδῐ́λλονται
	subjunctive	δενδῐ́λλωμαι	δενδῐ́λλῃ	δενδῐ́λληται	δενδῐ́λλησθον	δενδῐ́λλησθον	δενδῐλλώμεθᾰ	δενδῐ́λλησθε	δενδῐ́λλωνται
	optative	δενδῐλλοίμην	δενδῐ́λλοιο	δενδῐ́λλοιτο	δενδῐ́λλοισθον	δενδῐλλοίσθην	δενδῐλλοίμεθᾰ	δενδῐ́λλοισθε	δενδῐ́λλοιντο
	imperative		δενδῐ́λλου	δενδῐλλέσθω	δενδῐ́λλεσθον	δενδῐλλέσθων		δενδῐ́λλεσθε	δενδῐλλέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		δενδῐ́λλειν				δενδῐ́λλεσθαι
participle	m	δενδῐ́λλων				δενδῐλλόμενος
	f	δενδῐ́λλουσᾰ				δενδῐλλομένη
	n	δενδῐ́λλον				δενδῐλλόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “δενδίλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δενδίλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δενδίλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δενδίλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δενδίλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δενδίλλω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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