σπέρχω

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *sperǵʰ- (to move energetically, hurry, spring), the same root of Sanskrit स्पृहयति (spṛháyati, to be eager), Proto-Germanic *springaną (to burst forth) and Lithuanian spreñgti (to push (in)).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Verb[edit]

σπέρχω (spérkhō)

  1. to set in rapid motion, haste, hurry
  2. (figuratively) to be hasty of temper

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Further reading[edit]

  • σπέρχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • σπέρχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • σπέρχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σπέρχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σπέρχω 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) “σπέρχομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN