παλύνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation similar to μολύνω (molúnō, “to stain, defile”) and φορύνω (phorúnō, “to be mingled”). Either a direct derivative of πάλη (pálē, “fine meal”) +‎ -ύνω (-únō) or from an unattested u-stem from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.lý.nɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈly.no/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈly.no/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈly.no/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈli.no/

Verb

πᾰλῠ́νω • (palúnō)

to strew, sprinkle
Synonyms: πᾰ́σσω (pássō), ῥαίνω (rhaínō), ῥᾰντῐ́ζω (rhantízō)
to bestrew, besprinkle
to besmear
to cover lightly

Conjugation

Present: πᾰλῠ́νω, πᾰλῠ́νομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πᾰλῠ́νω	πᾰλῠ́νεις	πᾰλῠ́νει	πᾰλῠ́νετον	πᾰλῠ́νετον	πᾰλῠ́νομεν	πᾰλῠ́νετε	πᾰλῠ́νουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	πᾰλῠ́νω	πᾰλῠ́νῃς	πᾰλῠ́νῃ	πᾰλῠ́νητον	πᾰλῠ́νητον	πᾰλῠ́νωμεν	πᾰλῠ́νητε	πᾰλῠ́νωσῐ(ν)
	optative	πᾰλῠ́νοιμῐ	πᾰλῠ́νοις	πᾰλῠ́νοι	πᾰλῠ́νοιτον	πᾰλῠνοίτην	πᾰλῠ́νοιμεν	πᾰλῠ́νοιτε	πᾰλῠ́νοιεν
	imperative		πᾰ́λῠνε	πᾰλῠνέτω	πᾰλῠ́νετον	πᾰλῠνέτων		πᾰλῠ́νετε	πᾰλῠνόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	πᾰλῠ́νομαι	πᾰλῠ́νῃ, πᾰλῠ́νει	πᾰλῠ́νεται	πᾰλῠ́νεσθον	πᾰλῠ́νεσθον	πᾰλῠνόμεθᾰ	πᾰλῠ́νεσθε	πᾰλῠ́νονται
	subjunctive	πᾰλῠ́νωμαι	πᾰλῠ́νῃ	πᾰλῠ́νηται	πᾰλῠ́νησθον	πᾰλῠ́νησθον	πᾰλῠνώμεθᾰ	πᾰλῠ́νησθε	πᾰλῠ́νωνται
	optative	πᾰλῠνοίμην	πᾰλῠ́νοιο	πᾰλῠ́νοιτο	πᾰλῠ́νοισθον	πᾰλῠνοίσθην	πᾰλῠνοίμεθᾰ	πᾰλῠ́νοισθε	πᾰλῠ́νοιντο
	imperative		πᾰλῠ́νου	πᾰλῠνέσθω	πᾰλῠ́νεσθον	πᾰλῠνέσθων		πᾰλῠ́νεσθε	πᾰλῠνέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		πᾰλῠ́νειν				πᾰλῠ́νεσθαι
participle	m	πᾰλῠ́νων				πᾰλῠνόμενος
	f	πᾰλῠ́νουσᾰ				πᾰλῠνομένη
	n	πᾰλῠ́νον				πᾰλῠνόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: palyno-

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“παλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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