κεάζω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (to cut up, to slaughter); compare κείω (keíō, to cleave), Latin castrō (to castrate), Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra, sword, dagger).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κεᾰ́ζω (keázō)

  1. to split, cleave wood
  2. (of lightening) to shiver
  3. to pound, rub to pieces

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • κεάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κεάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κεάζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κεάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κεάζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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