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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Seen in thematic verbs it may be from Proto-Hellenic *-ehen, from Proto-Indo-European *-esen, locative case of action noun. Similar to Latin -ere. See also -εναι (-enai), -έμεν (-émen), -μεναι (-menai).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ειν • (-ein)
- infinitive forming suffix
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