κολυμβάω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From κόλυμβος (kólumbos, little grebe) +‎ -άω (-áō, verbal suffix), due to the grebe's diving skills.[1]

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κολυμβάω (kolumbáō)

  1. to plunge into the sea
  2. to swim
    • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 27:43:
      ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος, βουλόμενος διασῶσαι τὸν Παῦλον, ἐκώλυσεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ βουλήματος, ἐκέλευσέ τε τοὺς δυναμένους κολυμβᾶν ἀπορρίψαντας πρώτους ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐξιέναι·
      ho dè hekatóntarkhos, boulómenos diasôsai tòn Paûlon, ekṓlusen autoùs toû boulḗmatos, ekéleusé te toùs dunaménous kolumbân aporrhípsantas prṓtous epì tḕn gên exiénai;
      • Translation by KJV
        But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλυμβος (> DER > κολυμβάω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 741

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