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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Seen in athematic verbs it seems to be an elaboration of -ειν (-ein), i.e. -εεν (in thematic verbs), with -αι seen elsewhere. See also -έμεν (-émen), -μεναι (-menai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.nai̯/ → /e.nɛ/ → /e.ne/
Suffix
-εναι • (-enai)
- infinitive forming suffix
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN