τύπτω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *túpťō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (to push, beat).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit तोपति (tópati, to hurt), Latin stupeō and Old Church Slavonic тъпати (tŭpati).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τύπτω (túptō)

  1. (literally or figuratively) to beat, strike, smite
  2. (middle voice) to beat, strike oneself
    1. to beat one's breast in grief: to mourn

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τύπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1518-9