πέμπε

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pém.pe/ → /ˈpem.pe/ → /ˈpem.be/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pém.pe/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpem.pe/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpem.pe/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpem.pe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpem.be/

Etymology 1

Numeral

πέμπε • (pémpe), genitive πέμπων (pémpōn)

1. Aeolic form of πέντε (pénte, “five”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

πέμπε • (pémpe)

1. inflection of πέμπω (pémpō):
   1. second-person singular present active imperative
   2. (Epic) unaugmented third-person singular imperfect active indicative

Further reading

• “πέμπε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πέμπε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette