Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-. Cognate with English hent, hunt and possibly hand.

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

κεντέω (kentéō)

  1. to prick, sting, goad
  2. to stab, pierce, wound
  3. to torture, torment

Inflection edit

Homer uses κένσαι as the aorist infinitive, which is phonetically odd because -νσ- is normally forbidden in Greek.

Derived terms edit

References edit