γηθέω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Because of Latin gaudeō (I rejoice), a pre-form *γαϝ-εθ-έω (*gaw-eth-éō) was reconstructed, but the contraction then would have to have been very early and have spread even to the perfect. Recently, the word has been compared with Tocharian A kātk- (to be glad), which has yielded the Proto-Indo-European reconstruction *geh₂dʰ- (to rejoice) for Greek. The same root is found in γαίω (gaíō, to rejoice), γάνυμαι (gánumai, to be glad), γαῦρος (gaûros, conceited, arrogant).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

γηθέω (gēthéō)

  1. to rejoice, be glad
  2. to exult, triumph

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γηθέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270

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