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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Although this verb certainly has intensive reduplication, its etymology is unknown. The word has nothing to do with δανδαίνω (dandaínō, “to gaze, look intently”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /den.díl.lɔː/ → /ðenˈdil.lo/ → /ðenˈdi.lo/
Verb
δενδῐ́λλω • (dendíllō)
- to wink, blink
- Synonym: σκᾰρδᾰμῠ́σσω (skardamússō)
- to turn the eyes, glance quickly
Inflection
Further reading
- “δενδίλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δενδίλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δενδίλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δενδίλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δενδίλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δενδίλλω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN