ἥκω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

A perfective verb of uncertain origin, but seems to be related to the present-meaning ἵκω (híkō, to come), and thus come from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (to reach for), though the aspectual difference and phonetics are difficult to resolve.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἥκω (hḗkō)

  1. to have come, to be present
  2. to have reached a point
    1. (with an adverb followed by a genitive)
  3. to have come back, returned
  4. (pleonastic, with a participle)
  5. (simply, like γίγνομαι (gígnomai))
  6. (of things) to have come, to be brought
  7. to concern, relate, belong to
  8. to depend upon
  9. (with infinitive)
  10. (with participle)

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “513”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἥκω

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