τήκω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognates include Latin tabeo, Sanskrit तोयम् (toyam), Old Armenian թանամ (tʻanam, “I wet”) and Old English þawian (English thaw).
Verb
τήκω • (tḗkō)
- (transitive, of metals) to melt, melt down
- (figuratively) to dissolve, cause to waste or pine away
References
- “τήκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τήκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τήκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τήκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τήκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G5080 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible