πίνω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (to drink). Cognates include Sanskrit पिबति (pibati), Latin pōtō and bibō, and Albanian pi.[1]

The present tense system includes a N progressive aspect marker.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πῑ́νω (pī́nō)

  1. to drink
    1. (absolute)
    2. (figuratively)
  2. to carouse

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: πίνω (píno)
  • Mariupol Greek: пнэшку (pnešku)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1194-5

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πῑ́νω (pī́nō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.no/
  • Hyphenation: πί‧νω

Verb

πίνω (píno) (past ήπια, passive πίνομαι)

  1. to drink (water, coffee, beers, etc)
  2. to toast (drink to someone's health)
  3. to drink (to be a drinker of alcoholic drinks)
  4. (colloquial) to smoke tobacco, use drugs

Conjugation

Compound forms