κέλλω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (to drive). Cognates include Latin celer, Sanskrit कलयति (kaláyati), and Old English healdan (English hold).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κέλλω (kéllō)

  1. to drive on, to run a ship to land, put a ship to shore
  2. to put to shore, put to harbor

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κέλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 670

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