δαρδαίνει

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrey-. Possible cognates include Latin foria, Lithuanian dergti, and Old Norse dríta. Compare further δάρδα (dárda, “stain”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dar.dǎi̯.neː/ → /ðarˈðɛ.ni/ → /ðarˈðe.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dar.dǎi̯.neː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /darˈdɛ.ni/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðarˈðɛ.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðarˈðe.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðarˈðe.ni/

Verb

δαρδαίνει • (dardaínei)

1. (hapax) third-person singular present active indicative of *δαρδαίνω (*dardaínō); to stain, sully, defile, pollute

Usage notes

• Only attested as a hapax in Hesychius:
  • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Δ:

    δαρδαίνει· μολύνει

    dardaínei; molúnei

    dardaínei: (s)he stains]

Related terms

• δάρδα (dárda)

Further reading

• Hesychius' Lexicon: δ
• δαρδαίνει in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δαρδαίνει”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011