πλύνω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *pluňňō, from a nasal-present formation of Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”), the same root of Latin pluit (“it rains”) and Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam, “to wash”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ply̌ː.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈply.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈply.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈply.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpli.no/
Verb
[edit]πλῡ́νω • (plū́nō)
- (especially of clothes) to wash, clean
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.154–156:
- […] ὅθι εἵματα σιγαλόεντα
πλύνεσκον Τρώων ἄλοχοι καλαί τε θύγατρες
τὸ πρὶν ἐπ’ εἰρήνης πρὶν ἐλθεῖν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν.- […] hóthi heímata sigalóenta
plúneskon Trṓōn álokhoi kalaí te thúgatres
tò prìn ep’ eirḗnēs prìn eltheîn huîas Akhaiôn. - […] where radiant garments
were washed by the concubines of the Trojans and their beautiful daughters
in earlier times of peace, before the coming of the sons of the Achaeans.
- […] hóthi heímata sigalóenta
- […] ὅθι εἵματα σιγαλόεντα
Conjugation
[edit] Present: πλῡ́νω, πλῡ́νομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔπλῡνον | ἔπλῡνες | ἔπλῡνε(ν) | ἐπλῡ́νετον | ἐπλῡνέτην | ἐπλῡ́νομεν | ἐπλῡ́νετε | ἔπλῡνον | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἐπλῡνόμην | ἐπλῡ́νου | ἐπλῡ́νετο | ἐπλῡ́νεσθον | ἐπλῡνέσθην | ἐπλῡνόμεθᾰ | ἐπλῡ́νεσθε | ἐπλῡ́νοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐπεπλῠ́κειν, ἐπεπλῠ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐπεπλῠ́κειν, ἐπεπλῠ́κη |
ἐπεπλῠ́κεις, ἐπεπλῠ́κης |
ἐπεπλῠ́κει(ν) | ἐπεπλῠ́κετον | ἐπεπλῠκέτην | ἐπεπλῠ́κεμεν | ἐπεπλῠ́κετε | ἐπεπλῠ́κεσᾰν | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἐπεπλῠ́μην | ἐπέπλῠσο | ἐπέπλῠτο | ἐπέπλῠσθον | ἐπεπλῠ́σθην | ἐπεπλῠ́μεθᾰ | ἐπέπλῠσθε | ἐπέπλῠντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ᾰ̓μφῐπλῡ́νω (ămphĭplū́nō)
- ᾰ̓ποπλῡ́νω (ăpoplū́nō)
- δῐᾰπλῡ́νω (dĭăplū́nō)
- ἐκπλῡ́νω (ekplū́nō)
- κᾰτᾰπλῡ́νω (kătăplū́nō)
- περῐπλῡ́νω (perĭplū́nō)
- προπλῡ́νω (proplū́nō)
- ῠ̔ποπλῡ́νω (hŭpoplū́nō)
Related terms
[edit]- λῐνοπλῠτής (lĭnoplŭtḗs)
- πλῠ́μᾰ (plŭ́mă)
- πλῠνεύς (plŭneús)
- πλῠνός (plŭnós)
- πλῠ́νος (plŭ́nos)
- πλῠντήρ (plŭntḗr)
- πλῠντήρῐος (plŭntḗrĭos)
- πλῠντηρῐών (plŭntērĭṓn)
- πλῠ́ντης (plŭ́ntēs)
- πλῠντῐκός (plŭntĭkós)
- πλῠ́ντρῐᾱ (plŭ́ntrĭā)
- πλῠντρῐ́ς (plŭntrĭ́s)
- πλῠ́ντρον (plŭ́ntron)
- πλῠ́σῐμον (plŭ́sĭmon)
- πλῠ́σῐς (plŭ́sĭs)
- πλῠσμός (plŭsmós)
- πλῠτήρ (plŭtḗr)
- πλῠτής (plŭtḗs)
- πλῠτός (plŭtós)
- πλῠ́τρᾰ (plŭ́tră)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πλύνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1212
Further reading
[edit]- “πλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πλύνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “πλύνω” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πλύνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Greek
[edit]Verb
[edit]πλύνω • (plýno)
- first-person singular dependent of πλένω (pléno)
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