ἀμέρδω
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- μέρδει (mérdei)
Etymology
editIf the form without the initial vowel is secondary, the root may have been Proto-Indo-European *h₂merd-, which is cognate with Sanskrit मृद्नाति (mṛdnāti, “to pound, triturate”), Latin mordeō (“I bite”) and Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.mér.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈmer.do/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈmer.ðo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈmer.ðo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈmer.ðo/
Verb
editἀμέρδω • (amérdō)
Conjugation
edit Present: ἀμέρδω, ἀμέρδομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἀμέρσω | ἀμέρσεις | ἀμέρσει | ἀμέρσετον | ἀμέρσετον | ἀμέρσομεν | ἀμέρσετε | ἀμέρσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | ἀμέρσοιμῐ | ἀμέρσοις | ἀμέρσοι | ἀμέρσοιτον | ἀμερσοίτην | ἀμέρσοιμεν | ἀμέρσοιτε | ἀμέρσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | ἀμέρσομαι | ἀμέρσῃ, ἀμέρσει |
ἀμέρσεται | ἀμέρσεσθον | ἀμέρσεσθον | ἀμερσόμεθᾰ | ἀμέρσεσθε | ἀμέρσονται | ||||
optative | ἀμερσοίμην | ἀμέρσοιο | ἀμέρσοιτο | ἀμέρσοισθον | ἀμερσοίσθην | ἀμερσοίμεθᾰ | ἀμέρσοισθε | ἀμέρσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ἀμέρσειν | ἀμέρσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ἀμέρσων | ἀμερσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | ἀμέρσουσᾰ | ἀμερσομένη | |||||||||||
n | ἀμέρσον | ἀμερσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
edit- “ἀμέρδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμέρδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀμέρδω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀμέρδω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμέρδω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀμέρδω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN