Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Beekes attributes it to a Mediterranean substrate, probably Pre-Greek. Neumann sees it as a denominal verb from κύρβεις (kúrbeis, turnable wooden cylinders), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷerb- (to turn), via a variant κύρβνα (kúrbna) formed with the tool morpheme -να- (-na-) (compare Sanskrit नयति (náyati, to lead, guide, govern)), whence through metathesis the verbal stem κυβερνα- (kuberna-). Compare Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, wrist) and English whirl.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κῠβερνᾰ́ω (kubernáō)

  1. to steer, drive, pilot, to be a steersman
  2. to guide, govern, direct

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Greek

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Verb

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κυβερνάω (kyvernáo) / κυβερνώ (past κυβέρνησα, passive κυβερνιέμαι, p‑past κυβερνήθηκα, ppp κυβερνημένος)

  1. (informal) Alternative form of κυβερνώ (kyvernó)

Conjugation

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see this verb's full conjugation at: κυβερνώ (kyvernó)