Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From a *bʰ-extension of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewH- (mist, smoke, haze).[1] Compare also τῦφος (tûphos, fever), τυφόω (tuphóō, delude), Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, Typhon).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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τῡ́φω (tū́phō)

  1. to smoke, fill with smoke
  2. to consume in smoke

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τύφομαι, ω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1522

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