κασσύω
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editThe presence of the related word καττύς (kattús, “piece of leather”) suggests a Pre-Greek etymology, in view of the variation -σσ-/-ττ-.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kas.sy̌ː.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kasˈsy.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kasˈsy.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kasˈsy.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈsi.o/
Verb
editκᾰσσῡ́ω • (kassū́ō)
Inflection
edit Present: κᾰσσῡ́ω, κᾰσσῡ́ομαι
Imperfect: ἐκᾰ́σσῡον, ἐκᾰσσῡόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκᾰ́σσῡον | ἐκᾰ́σσῡες | ἐκᾰ́σσῡε(ν) | ἐκᾰσσῡ́ετον | ἐκᾰσσῡέτην | ἐκᾰσσῡ́ομεν | ἐκᾰσσῡ́ετε | ἐκᾰ́σσῡον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκᾰσσῡόμην | ἐκᾰσσῡ́ου | ἐκᾰσσῡ́ετο | ἐκᾰσσῡ́εσθον | ἐκᾰσσῡέσθην | ἐκᾰσσῡόμεθᾰ | ἐκᾰσσῡ́εσθε | ἐκᾰσσῡ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: κεκᾰ́σσῠκᾰ, κεκᾰ́σσῠμαι
Derived terms
edit- ἐνκᾰσσῡ́ω (enkassū́ō)
- ἐπῐκᾰσσῡ́ω (epikassū́ō)
- κᾰ́σσῡμᾰ (kássūma)
- πᾰρᾰκᾰσσῡ́ω (parakassū́ō)
- σῠγκᾰσσῡ́ω (sunkassū́ō)
Further reading
edit- “κασσύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κασσύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κασσύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κασσύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 655