Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

Klingenschmitt has connected the Greek verb with Old Armenian հանեմ (hanem, to draw or pull out), while García-Ramón suggests that is cognate with Hittite [script needed] (pippa-) and reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (to draw, set in motion).

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

σπᾰ́ω (spáō)

  1. to draw a sword
  2. (of other things) to draw
  3. (of violent actions) to pluck off or out
  4. to tear, rend, especially of ravenous animals
  5. to wrench, sprain, twist
  6. to snatch, tear or drag away
  7. (figuratively) to carry away, draw aside
  8. to cause convulsion or spasm
  9. to draw in, suck in, involve
  10. to draw tight, pull the reins
  11. to derive

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Descendants edit

  • Greek: σπάζω (spázo), σπάω (spáo); σπάνω (spáno)

Further reading edit

  • σπάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • σπάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • σπάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σπάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σπάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1378

Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Byzantine Greek σπῶ (spô) / σπάω (spáō), from Ancient Greek σπάω (spáō), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Also see σπάζω (spázo).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈspa.o/
  • Hyphenation: σπά‧ω

Verb edit

σπάω (spáo) (imperfect έσπαγα, past έσπασα, passive —, ppp σπασμένος)

  1. Alternative form of σπάζω (spázo) (active voice only)
    1. (transitive) to break
    2. (intransitive) to break (into two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)
    3. (slang) to split
    4. (colloquial) to irritate
      Μου τη σπάει πολύ αυτός ο καθηγητής.
      Mou ti spáei polý aftós o kathigitís.
      This professor really gets on my nerves.

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