κλίνω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥-né-y-ti (to lean).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)

  1. to bend, slant
  2. to cause to give way, cause to retreat
  3. to lean, prop something on another
  4. to turn aside
  5. to decline, wane
  6. to seat, cause to lie down
  7. (grammar) to inflect, decline, conjugate
  8. (passive voice) to lean, be sloping
  9. (passive voice) to wander, stray

Inflection

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλῑ́νω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 716-7

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō).

Pronunciation

Verb

κλίνω (klíno) (imperfect έκλινα, past έκλινα, passive κλίνομαι)

  1. (transitive, with no passive) to bend, slant
  2. (transitive, figuratively, with no passive) to tend
  3. (intransitive, grammar, active and passive) to inflect, decline, conjugate

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