γνάμπτω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Although it is commonly assumed that it was influenced by κάμπτω (kámptō, “to bend, curve”), this verb does not have the κ-, nor can the -ν- have been taken from there. An Indo-European etymology seems excluded, because γναμπ- cannot have an Indo-European preform. Even though an alternation γν/κ is not typical for Pre-Greek either, Beekes does not reject this hypothesis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡnámp.tɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡnamp.to/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣnamp.to/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣnamp.to/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣnamb.to/
Verb
[edit]γνᾰ́μπτω • (gnắmptō)
- to bend
Inflection
[edit] Present: γνᾰ́μπτω, γνᾰ́μπτομαι
Imperfect: ἔγνᾰμπτον, ἐγνᾰμπτόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔγνᾰμπτον | ἔγνᾰμπτες | ἔγνᾰμπτε(ν) | ἐγνᾰ́μπτετον | ἐγνᾰμπτέτην | ἐγνᾰ́μπτομεν | ἐγνᾰ́μπτετε | ἔγνᾰμπτον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐγνᾰμπτόμην | ἐγνᾰ́μπτου | ἐγνᾰ́μπτετο | ἐγνᾰ́μπτεσθον | ἐγνᾰμπτέσθην | ἐγνᾰμπτόμεθᾰ | ἐγνᾰ́μπτεσθε | ἐγνᾰ́μπτοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “γνάμπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γνάμπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γνάμπτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γνάμπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γνάμπτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γνάμπτω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN