στενάχω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From στένω (sténō), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan”), see also Latin tono, Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ste.ná.kʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /steˈna.kʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /steˈna.xo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /steˈna.xo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /steˈna.xo/
Verb
[edit]- (intransitive) to sigh, groan
- (intransitive) to roar
- (intransitive) to make a rushing sound
- (transitive) to lament
Conjugation
[edit] Present: στενᾰ́χω, στενᾰ́χομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | στένᾰχον | στένᾰχες | στένᾰχε(ν) | στενᾰ́χετον | στενᾰχέτην | στενᾰ́χομεν | στενᾰ́χετε | στένᾰχον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | στενᾰχόμην | στενᾰ́χου | στενᾰ́χετο | στενᾰ́χεσθον | στενᾰχέσθην | στενᾰχόμε(σ)θᾰ | στενᾰ́χεσθε | στενᾰ́χοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | στενᾰ́χεσκον | στενᾰ́χεσκες | στενᾰ́χεσκε(ν) | στενᾰχέσκετον | στενᾰχεσκέτην | στενᾰχέσκομεν | στενᾰχέσκετε | στενᾰ́χεσκον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | στενᾰχεσκόμην | στενᾰχέσκου | στενᾰχέσκετο | στενᾰχέσκεσθον | στενᾰχεσκέσθην | στενᾰχεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ | στενᾰχέσκεσθε | στενᾰχέσκοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀναστενάχω (anastenákhō)
- ἐπιστενάχω (epistenákhō)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στένω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1399
Further reading
[edit]- “στενάχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- στενάχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στενάχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “στενάχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press