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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Traditionally connected with Sanskrit दभ्नोति (dabhnoti, “to injure, destroy”), for which see the root दभ् (dabh) for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tém.bɔː/ → /aˈtem.bo/ → /aˈtem.bo/
Verb
ἀτέμβω • (atémbō)
- to maltreat, afflict
- Synonym: αἰκῐ́ζω (aikízō)
- (passive voice) to be bereft or cheated of a thing
Inflection
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Further reading
- “ἀτέμβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀτέμβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀτέμβω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀτέμβω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀτέμβω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀτέμβω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN