From Proto-Hellenic *sténō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”), compare Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, “to drone, thunder”), Proto-Germanic *stenaną (“to moan, groan”).
On the other hand, Latin tonō, Sanskrit तन्यति (tanyati), Old English þunian, Proto-Germanic *þunraz and Aeolic Greek τέννει (ténnei) (a riming word or an old s-less byform[1]) point to *ten(h₂)-. [2]
στένω • (sténō)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔστενον | ἔστενες | ἔστενε(ν) | ἐστένετον | ἐστενέτην | ἐστένομεν | ἐστένετε | ἔστενον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐστενόμην | ἐστένου | ἐστένετο | ἐστένεσθον | ἐστενέσθην | ἐστενόμεθᾰ | ἐστένεσθε | ἐστένοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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