Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰéňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.

Cognates include Sanskrit हन्ति (hanti); Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (jainti); Old Armenian գան (gan) and ջնեմ (ǰnem); Latin offendō, and Old English bana (English bane). See also the aorist ἔπεφνον (épephnon) and the noun φόνος (phónos).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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θείνω (theínō)

  1. to strike, wound

Inflection

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References

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  • θείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • θείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • θείνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • θείνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • θείνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • θείνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter