ἁλίσκομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (to catch, seize, strike), which later came to have the inchoative suffix -σκω (-skō). Cognates include Latin vellō (to pluck, demolish).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἁλίσκομαι (halískomai)

  1. to be captured

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἁλίσκομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 69-70

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