τείρω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *téřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τείρω (teírō)

  1. to wear out, tire
  2. to distress, afflict

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Further reading

  • τείρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τείρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τείρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • τείρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • τείρω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.