Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

 

Verb edit

θείνω (theínō)

  1. to strike, wound

Inflection edit

References edit

  • 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