τύπτω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *túpťō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (to push, beat).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit तोपति (tópati, to hurt), Latin stupeō and Old Church Slavonic тъпати (tŭpati).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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τύπτω (túptō)

  1. (literally or figuratively) to beat, strike, smite
  2. (middle voice) to beat, strike oneself
    1. to beat one's breast in grief: to mourn

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τύπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1518-9