Of uncertain origin. Unconvincing attempts have been made to link the word to similar words such as κόσμος (kósmos, “order; mode, fashion”) and κομψός (kompsós, “refined, elegant; clever”). Solmsen's derivation from an earlier *κομώ (*komṓ), from κομέω (koméō, “to take care of, tend to”), as well as Bailly's connection to κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, cut”),[1] are rather tenuous. In view of the word's culture-based semantic category and lack of solid internal derivation, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek borrowing.[2]
κομμόω • (kommóō)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκόμμουν | ἐκόμμους | ἐκόμμου | ἐκομμοῦτον | ἐκομμούτην | ἐκομμοῦμεν | ἐκομμοῦτε | ἐκόμμουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκομμούμην | ἐκομμοῦ | ἐκομμοῦτο | ἐκομμοῦσθον | ἐκομμούσθην | ἐκομμούμεθᾰ | ἐκομμοῦσθε | ἐκομμοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | κομμώσω | κομμώσεις | κομμώσει | κομμώσετον | κομμώσετον | κομμώσομεν | κομμώσετε | κομμώσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | κομμώσοιμῐ | κομμώσοις | κομμώσοι | κομμώσοιτον | κομμωσοίτην | κομμώσοιμεν | κομμώσοιτε | κομμώσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | κομμώσομαι | κομμώσῃ, κομμώσει |
κομμώσεται | κομμώσεσθον | κομμώσεσθον | κομμωσόμεθᾰ | κομμώσεσθε | κομμώσονται | ||||
optative | κομμωσοίμην | κομμώσοιο | κομμώσοιτο | κομμώσοισθον | κομμωσοίσθην | κομμωσοίμεθᾰ | κομμώσοισθε | κομμώσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | κομμώσειν | κομμώσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | κομμώσων | κομμωσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | κομμώσουσᾰ | κομμωσομένη | |||||||||||
n | κομμῶσον | κομμωσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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