ἀβέσσει
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Possibly related to ἄβα (ába, “wheel; shout”).[1]
Verb edit
ἀβέσσει • (abéssei) (third-person singular present active indicative)
- (hapax) to yearn for; to make noise
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:
- ἀβέσσει· ἐπιποθεῖ, θορυβεῖ
- abéssei; epipotheî, thorubeî
- abéssei: yearns for, makes noise
References edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄβα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3