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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formation similar to μολύνω (molúnō, “to stain, defile”) and φορύνω (phorúnō, “to be mingled”). Either a direct derivative of πάλη (pálē, “fine meal”) + -ύνω (-únō) or from an unattested u-stem from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.lý.nɔː/ → /paˈly.no/ → /paˈli.no/
Verb
πᾰλῠ́νω • (palúnō)
- to strew, sprinkle
- Synonyms: πᾰ́σσω (pássō), ῥαίνω (rhaínō), ῥᾰντῐ́ζω (rhantízō)
- to bestrew, besprinkle
- to besmear
- to cover lightly
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Further reading
- “παλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “παλύνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παλύνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παλύνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN