κρεμάννυμι

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Possibly evolved from an original sense of weak, flaccid, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱremh₂- (to hang); compare Sanskrit श्रम् (śram, to be or become weary or tired, be tired of doing anything), श्रान्त (śrānta, tired), as well as possibly Proto-Germanic *hramō (hanging frame) (though Beekes is skeptical of the Germanic comparison).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κρεμάννῡμῐ (kremánnūmi)

  1. (active voice) to hang, hang up
  2. (middle voice) to hang, be hanging, be suspended

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρεμάννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 775

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