ἁμαρτάνω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Although there are no known cognates, Beekes nonetheless reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *h₂mert- (miss, fail) as the ancestor of this word.
Confer ἁ- from PIE *sm̥- "one", and PIE *mer- "to die", also various extensions of *mer- that means "to crush, rub" (Sanskrit मृणाति, √मृच्, √मृज्, √मृद्, √मृश्), since "to miss, err" is "to cause one thing dead, to cause a crush/destruction".

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Verb

ᾰ̔μᾰρτᾰ́νω (hamartánō)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to miss, miss the mark, especially of a thrown spear Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "means" is not used by this template.
    1. (transitive, intransitive) to fail at, miss one's point, go wrong in Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "means" is not used by this template.
    2. (transitive) to be deprived of, to lose Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "means" is not used by this template.
    3. (rarely transitive) to fail to do, neglect Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "means" is not used by this template.
  2. (intransitive) to fail, do wrong, err, sin

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