ϝέχω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wékʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti (“to be transporting”), from the root *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Sanskrit वहति (váhati), Old English wegan (whence English weigh). The Koine form would have been *ἔχω (*ékhō).

Verb

ϝέχω • (wékhō) (Arcadocypriot)

1. to bear, carry, bring

Usage notes

• The only attested forms of this verb are ϝεχέτω (wekhétō, third-person singular present active imperative) and ἔϝεξε (éwexe, third-person singular aorist active indicative). The lemma form *ϝέχω (*wékhō) itself is not attested.

Related terms

• ὄχος (ókhos)

References

• “ϝέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press