κεντέω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-. Cognate with English hent, hunt and possibly hand.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κεντέω (kentéō)

  1. to prick, sting, goad
  2. to stab, pierce, wound
  3. to torture, torment

Inflection

Homer uses κένσαι as the aorist infinitive, which is phonetically odd because -νσ- is normally forbidden in Greek.

Derived terms

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