Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *glag- (to make a noise, clap, twitter), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (to roop, scream, shout).[1] Cognate with English clack and Latin clangō (I clang).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κλᾰ́ζω (klázō)

  1. to make a sharp piercing sound (scream, bay, clash)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • κλάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κλάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κλάζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κλάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κλάζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κλάζω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gal-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 350-351