κορέννυμι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately may be from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₃- (to feed, nourish, grow). Cognate with Lithuanian šérti (to feed), Proto-Slavic *kъrmъ (fodder), and Armenian սեր (ser, origin; offspring; gender).

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Pronunciation

 

Verb

κορέννῡμῐ (korénnūmi)

  1. to satisfy, satiate

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъrma II; *kъrmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 262
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κορέννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 751–752