Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Unknown. This verb cannot be an old primary formation. If not a loan, it must be a denominative from unattested *τίλος (*tílos). There are no cognates outside Greek. Frisk suggests a pre-form *πτίλλω (*ptíllō), which would belong to πτίλον (ptílon, feather), via dissimilation in the compounded form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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τῐ́λλω (tíllō)

  1. to pluck or pull out hair
  2. (passive voice) to have one's hair plucked
  3. to pluck the harp strings
  4. to pick so as to extract fibre
  5. to tear one's hair in sorrow
  6. (figuratively) to pluck, vex, annoy

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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