καρκαίρω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A yod-present with intensive reduplication, of onomatopoeic origin. Sanskrit has an athematic reduplicated चर्कृति (carkṛti, “praise, glory”). Not related to κῆρυξ (kêrux, “herald”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kar.kǎi̯.rɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /karˈkɛ.ro/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /karˈcɛ.ro/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /karˈce.ro/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /karˈce.ro/
Verb
[edit]καρκαίρω • (karkaírō)
- (of the earth) to quake
Inflection
[edit] Present: κᾰρκαίρω, κᾰρκαίρομαι
Imperfect: ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρον, ἐκᾰρκαιρόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρον | ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρες | ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρε(ν) | ἐκᾰρκαίρετον | ἐκᾰρκαιρέτην | ἐκᾰρκαίρομεν | ἐκᾰρκαίρετε | ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκᾰρκαιρόμην | ἐκᾰρκαίρου | ἐκᾰρκαίρετο | ἐκᾰρκαίρεσθον | ἐκᾰρκαιρέσθην | ἐκᾰρκαιρόμεθᾰ | ἐκᾰρκαίρεσθε | ἐκᾰρκαίροντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
[edit]- “καρκαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καρκαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “καρκαίρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καρκαίρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καρκαίρω 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) “καρκαίρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 645