βάλλω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥-ne-h₁-, nasal-infix from *gʷelH- (to hit by throwing). Cognates are uncertain, but compare Sanskrit उद्गूर्ण (ud-gūrṇa) and Old Irish at·baill (dies).[1]

    Sihler[2] argues for a N nasal progressive aspect marker, but Curtius[3] and Smyth[4] argue for a *y progressive aspect marker.

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    βᾰ́λλω (bállō)

    1. (transitive) to throw, cast, hurl
    2. (transitive) to let fall
    3. (transitive) to strike, touch
    4. (transitive) to put, place
    5. (intransitive) to fall, tumble

    Inflection

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: βάλλω (vállo, to attack, to shoot) (learned)
    • Late Latin: ballō (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βάλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 197-8
    2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN p. 519
    3. ^ Curtius, Georg (1880) Wilkins, Augustus S, England, E. B, transl., The Greek Verb: Its Structure and Development., London: J. Murray, pages “The I Class”, p. 201-227 sections 292-330
    4. ^ Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 517

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈva.lo/
    • Hyphenation: βάλ‧λω

    Verb

    βάλλω (vállo) (past έβαλα, passive βάλλομαι)

    1. to attack
    2. to fire, shoot
    3. (figuratively) to accuse, reprove, criticise

    Conjugation

    Compounds -and see their derivatives-
    Related and see their derivatives

    See also

    • Compare to verb βάζω (vázo, put, place)