θάλπω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to θαλυκρός (thalukrós, warm, glowing),[1] from Proto-Hellenic *tʰal-ukʷ-, likely of Pre-Greek origin. The connection with θάλλω (thállō, make green) is unlikely.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

θάλπω (thálpō)

  1. to warm up, to heat

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hesychius: θαλύπτεσθαι φλέγεσθαι; θαλύψαι θάλψαι, πυρῶσαι; θαλυσσόμενος φλεγόμενος
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θάλπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531
  3. ^ Kuiper, Lingua 21, (1968), 270-275
  4. ^ Frisk, Griechisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 1650f

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θάλπω (heat; comfort).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθal.po/
  • Hyphenation: θάλ‧πω

Verb

θάλπω (thálpo) (past έθαλψα, passive —)

  1. to make comfortable
  2. (literally, formal) to warm up

Conjugation