γαγγαίνειν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gang-. Cognates include Sanskrit गञ्ज (gañja) and Old English canc (“insult”). Compare also γογγύζω (gongúzō, “I murmur, grumble”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaŋ.ɡǎi̯.neːn/ → /ɣaɲˈɟɛ.nin/ → /ɣaɲˈɟe.nin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡaŋ.ɡǎi̯.neːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡaŋˈɡɛ.nin/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣaɲˈɟɛ.nin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣaɲˈɟe.nin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣaɲˈɟe.nin/

Verb

γᾰγγαίνειν • (găngaínein)

1. present active infinitive of *γαγγαίνω. Hesychius glosses it as τὸ μετὰ γέλωτος προσπαίζειν (tò metà gélōtos prospaízein, “to laugh at, make fun of”).

Further reading

• “γαγγαίνειν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαγγαίνειν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαγγαίνειν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Hesychius' Lexicon: γ