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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷəskō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥-sḱé-ti, from *gʷem- (“to step”) with -σκω (-skō). Cognate with Sanskrit गच्छति (gácchati). Compare the alternative present βαίνω (baínō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bás.kɔː/ → /ˈβas.ko/ → /ˈvas.ko/
Verb
βᾰ́σκω • (báskō)
- (imperative only) come, go
Inflection
See also
- βάσκειν (báskein, “speak, say”) (attested only in the infinitive and only in Hesychius's lexicon)
References
- “βάσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βάσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βάσκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βάσκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βάσκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βάσκω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- βάσκω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften