κεντέω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (to sting). Cognate with Old High German handag (pointed), Latvian sīts (hunting spear);[1] compare also English hent, hunt, and possibly hand.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κεντέω (kentéō)

  1. to prick, sting, goad
  2. to stab, pierce, wound
  3. to torture, torment

Inflection

Homer uses κένσαι as the aorist infinitive, which is phonetically odd because -νσ- is normally forbidden in Greek.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεντέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 672-3

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