The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):
"Expressive and onomatopoeic words, resembling κινυρίζω (kinurízō, “to lament”) and κινυρός (kinurós, “wailing”), with which were amalgamated in a way that can no longer be established. There is no further evidence for a variation κ/μ, as proposed by Furnée. Still, Pre-Greek origin is possible, according to Beekes. Latin minurriō (“to chirp, twitter”) shows a remarkable similarity; if it is not directly borrowed from Greek, it was at least influenced by it. According to Leumann, this verb is the oldest form of the series, while μινυρός (minurós) is a back-formation."
μῐνῠρῐ́ζω • (minurízō)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐμῐνῠ́ρῐζον | ἐμῐνῠ́ρῐζες | ἐμῐνῠ́ρῐζε(ν) | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζετον | ἐμῐνῠρῐζέτην | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζομεν | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζετε | ἐμῐνῠ́ρῐζον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμῐνῠρῐζόμην | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζου | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζετο | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζεσθον | ἐμῐνῠρῐζέσθην | ἐμῐνῠρῐζόμεθᾰ | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζεσθε | ἐμῐνῠρῐ́ζοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κειν, ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κη |
ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κεις, ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κης |
ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κει(ν) | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κετον | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐκέτην | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κεμεν | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κετε | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́κεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́σμην | ἐμεμῐνῠ́ρῐσο | ἐμεμῐνῠ́ρῐστο | ἐμεμῐνῠ́ρῐσθον | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́σθην | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́σμεθᾰ | ἐμεμῐνῠ́ρῐσθε | ἐμεμῐνῠρῐ́δᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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