τάττω

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See also: tatto

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *taťťō, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (to touch, grasp).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τᾰ́ττω (tắttō)

  1. Attic form of τᾰ́σσω (tắssō)
    • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Timarchus 142:
      λέξω δὲ πρῶτον μὲν περὶ Ὁμήρου, ὃν ἐν τοῖς πρεσβυτάτοις καὶ σοφωτάτοις τῶν ποιητῶν εἶναι τάττομεν
      léxō dè prôton mèn perì Homḗrou, hòn en toîs presbutátois kaì sophōtátois tôn poiētôn eînai táttomen
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1454-5