Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably Pre-Greek, due to lack of solid comparanda.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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φοιτᾰ́ω (phoitáō)

  1. Indicates repeated motion
    1. (intransitive) to go back and forth, to and fro, up and down; to roam
    2. (intransitive, of people) to go to or visit (a person or place) repeatedly or regularly, frequent
    3. (intransitive, of goods) to come in regularly, be imported
    4. (intransitive, of students) to go to or attend school
    5. (intransitive, of taxes) to be collected, come in
    6. (intransitive, of sexual intercourse) to go into a person

Usage notes

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Most commonly used in present and imperfect, since it denotes a repeated action.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φοιτάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1585

Further reading

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  • φοιτάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φοιτάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φοιτάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φοιτάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963