Ancient Greek

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Indo-European *smey-. Cognates include Latin miror, comis, Sanskrit स्मयते (smáyate), Old Norse *smīla (English smile).

Pronunciation

edit
 

Verb

edit

μειδᾰ́ω (meidáō)

  1. (Epic verb) to smile

Usage notes

edit

The regular formation only occurs in the aorist active third-person indicative and aorist active non-finite forms. All other forms come from μειδιάω (meidiáō).

Inflection

edit

Derived terms

edit
edit

References

edit