τέλλω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

The fusion of two pre-Greek verbs:

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τέλλω (téllō)

  1. (poetic, Cretan) to accomplish, perform
  2. to rise (of stars) = ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō)
  3. (περιτέλλομαι (peritéllomai) only) to turn around in circles

Usage notes

This verb usually occurs with a prefix, see under Derived terms

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέλλω 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1462
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 622
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέλλω 3”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1462
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέλλομαι 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1461-2
  5. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1970) “τέλλω”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 870
  6. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 386

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