Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From earlier χλίω (khlíō), from Proto-Hellenic *kʰlíō.

The pair formed by this verb and χλιαρός (khliarós, tepid, lukewarm), like μιαίνω (miaínō)/μιαρός (miarós) and πιαίνω (piaínō)/πιαρός (piarós), belong together both formally and semantically, due to their physiological meaning "soft, lukewarm". Some Celtic and Germanic words with the meaning "to shine" are compared: Old Irish glé (clear, evident), Middle Welsh gloew (liquid, clear), Old Norse gljá (to shine, gleam), Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (brightness, splendour), Lithuanian žlejà (darkness, twilight). All these words point to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to shine). However, the connection between "shine, gleam" and "warm" is difficult, so the reconstruction remains uncertain.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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χλῑαίνω (khlīaínō)

  1. (active voice) to warm, warm up
  2. (passive voice) to grow warm, warm oneself

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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