ἔρδω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wérďō, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵ-ye-, a *ye-present from the root *werǵ-, the same root as ῥέζω (rhézō) and ἔργον (érgon).

Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀺𐀽𐀁 (wo-ze-e), 𐀺𐀿 (wo-zo), Albanian vërdhoj (work without resting) etc.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἔρδω (érdō) (poetic)

  1. (intransitive) to act (as opposed to speaking or being acted on)
  2. (transitive) to do, perform
    1. to perform sacrifices
  3. (transitive) to do something to someone (with two accusatives)

Inflection

Further reading

  • ἔρδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἔρδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἔρδω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἔρδω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἔρδω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter