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ἀλέω

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (to grind). Cognate with Old Armenian աղամ (ałam, grind; pound), Sanskrit *आ॒र्त (*ārtá, flour, whence Hindi आटा (āṭā) / Urdu آٹا (āṭā)), Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, ground), Classical Persian آرد (ārd, flour).[1]

Alternative forms

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Verb

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ᾰ̓λέω (ăléō)

  1. (transitive) to grind; to bruise; to pound; to mill
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ᾰ̓λέω (ăléō)

  1. second-person singular aorist middle indicative of ᾰ̓λέομαι (ăléomai)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀλέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65

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