ἐρέσσω
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDenominative verb, from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”) + -σσω (-ssō).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rés.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈres.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈres.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈres.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈre.so/
Verb
editἐρέσσω • (eréssō)
- to row, paddle
- to speed by rowing
- to put in quick motion, ply
- (passive voice, of a bow) to be plied, handled
- to row through, traverse
Conjugation
edit Present: ἐρέσσω, ἐρέσσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔρεσσον | ἔρεσσες | ἔρεσσε(ν) | ἐρέσσετον | ἐρεσσέτην | ἐρέσσομεν | ἐρέσσετε | ἔρεσσον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐρεσσόμην | ἐρέσσου | ἐρέσσετο | ἐρέσσεσθον | ἐρεσσέσθην | ἐρεσσόμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐρέσσεσθε | ἐρέσσοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
edit- δῐερέσσω (dieréssō)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρέτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
Further reading
edit- “ἐρέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐρέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐρέσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐρέσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐρέσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963