πέσσω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *péťťō, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-, from *pekʷ-. The alternative present stem πέπτω (péptō) apparently comes from analogy with the root-stem πεπ- (pep-) < *pekʷ-. Cognates include Latin coquō (whence English cook), Sanskrit पचति (pacati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pacaiti), and Albanian pjek.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pés.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpes.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpes.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpes.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpe.so/
Verb
[edit]πέσσω • (péssō)
- to soften, ripen
- to boil, cook, bake
- to digest
- (figuratively) to brood
- Module:Quotations:718: bad argument #1 to 'insert' (table expected, got nil)
- (of diseases)
Inflection
[edit] Present: πέσσω, πέσσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔπεσσον | ἔπεσσες | ἔπεσσε(ν) | ἐπέσσετον | ἐπεσσέτην | ἐπέσσομεν | ἐπέσσετε | ἔπεσσον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεσσόμην | ἐπέσσου | ἐπέσσετο | ἐπέσσεσθον | ἐπεσσέσθην | ἐπεσσόμεθᾰ | ἐπέσσεσθε | ἐπέσσοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, 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 | ἔπεττον | ἔπεττες | ἔπεττε(ν) | ἐπέττετον | ἐπεττέτην | ἐπέττομεν | ἐπέττετε | ἔπεττον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεττόμην | ἐπέττου | ἐπέττετο | ἐπέττεσθον | ἐπεττέσθην | ἐπεττόμεθᾰ | ἐπέττεσθε | ἐπέττοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, 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 | ἔπεπτον | ἔπεπτες | ἔπεπτε(ν) | ἐπέπτετον | ἐπεπτέτην | ἐπέπτομεν | ἐπέπτετε | ἔπεπτον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεπτόμην | ἐπέπτου | ἐπέπτετο | ἐπέπτεσθον | ἐπεπτέσθην | ἐπεπτόμεθᾰ | ἐπέπτεσθε | ἐπέπτοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, 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 | πέψω | πέψεις | πέψει | πέψετον | πέψετον | πέψομεν | πέψετε | πέψουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | πέψοιμῐ | πέψοις | πέψοι | πέψοιτον | πεψοίτην | πέψοιμεν | πέψοιτε | πέψοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | πέψομαι | πέψῃ, πέψει |
πέψεται | πέψεσθον | πέψεσθον | πεψόμεθᾰ | πέψεσθε | πέψονται | ||||
optative | πεψοίμην | πέψοιο | πέψοιτο | πέψοισθον | πεψοίσθην | πεψοίμεθᾰ | πέψοισθε | πέψοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | πεφθήσομαι | πεφθήσῃ | πεφθήσεται | πεφθήσεσθον | πεφθήσεσθον | πεφθησόμεθᾰ | πεφθήσεσθε | πεφθήσονται | ||||
optative | πεφθησοίμην | πεφθήσοιο | πεφθήσοιτο | πεφθήσοισθον | πεφθησοίσθην | πεφθησοίμεθᾰ | πεφθήσοισθε | πεφθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | πέψειν | πέψεσθαι | πεφθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | πέψων | πεψόμενος | πεφθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | πέψουσᾰ | πεψομένη | πεφθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | πέψον | πεψόμενον | πεφθησόμενον | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: πέπεμμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | πέπεμμαι | πέπεψαι | πέπεπται | πέπεφθον | πέπεφθον | πεπέμμεθᾰ | πέπεφθε | πεπέπᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | πεπεμμένος ὦ | πεπεμμένος ᾖς | πεπεμμένος ᾖ | πεπεμμένω ἦτον | πεπεμμένω ἦτον | πεπεμμένοι ὦμεν | πεπεμμένοι ἦτε | πεπεμμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | πεπεμμένος εἴην | πεπεμμένος εἴης | πεπεμμένος εἴη | πεπεμμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | πεπεμμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | πεπεμμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | πεπεμμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | πεπεμμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | πέπεψο | πεπέφθω | πέπεφθον | πεπέφθων | πέπεφθε | πεπέφθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | πεπέφθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | πεπεμμένος | |||||||||||
f | πεπεμμένη | ||||||||||||
n | πεπεμμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Synonyms
[edit]- λεπάζω (lepázō)
Derived terms
[edit]- ἀνᾰπέσσω (anapéssō)
- ἀντῐπέσσομαι (antipéssomai)
- βρᾰδύπεπτος (bradúpeptos)
- ἐκπέσσω (ekpéssō)
- ἐπῐπέσσω (epipéssō)
- ἐσχᾰρόπεπτος (eskharópeptos)
- ἡλιόπεπτος (hēliópeptos)
- ἡμίπεπτος (hēmípeptos)
- νεόπεπτος (neópeptos)
- περιπέσσω (peripéssō)
- πέψις (pépsis)
- προπέσσω (propéssō)
- σῠμπέσσω (sumpéssō)
- ὑπερπέσσω (huperpéssō)
- φῐλάπεπτος (philápeptos)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “πέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πέσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πέσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πέσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πέσσω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pekʷ-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- grc:Cooking
- grc:Disease
- grc:Physiology