γέντο

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡén.to/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡen.to/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝen.to/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝen.to/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝen.do/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gém-t, root thematic aorist of *gem- (“to grasp”); cognate with Old Church Slavonic жѧти.^[1]

Verb

γέντο • (génto)

(defective, Epic) (he/she) grasped
Synonym: λάβε (lábe)

Usage notes

This form, which is the only attested form, is in the third-person singular aorist middle indicative.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

γέντο • (génto)

(Epic) Contraction of γένετο (géneto).

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γέντο”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 266-7

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