Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂- (to onerate, charge, burden; (perhaps) to name); cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ḫannanzi, to judge, charge, sue).[1] According to Beekes, οὔνεσθε (oúnesthe) and the forms in ὀνα- (ona-) are secondary derivations, not based on the root ὀνο- (ono-).

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Verb edit

ὄνομαι (ónomai)

  1. to blame, scold; to find fault with, treat scornfully, attack verbally, vituperate, insult
  2. to curse, throw a slur upon; to slander
  3. to quarrel with, impugn

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References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄνομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1085

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