μειλίσσω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From μείλῐχος (meílikhos, “gentle, kind”) + -σσω (-ssō, verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /meː.lís.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /miˈlis.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈlis.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈlis.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈli.so/
Verb
[edit]μειλῐ́σσω • (meilíssō)
- to make mild, soothe, treat kindly
- to appease, propitiate, gladden
- to implore
- (passive voice) to be soothed, subdued
- (mediopassive) to use soothing words
Conjugation
[edit] Present: μειλῐ́σσω, μειλῐ́σσομαι
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “μειλίσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μειλίσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μειλίσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μειλίσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μειλίσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963