Reconstruction:Ancient Greek/ἐλεύθω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ludʰét (“to arrive”); related to ἐλεύσομαι (eleúsomai).[1]
Usage notes
[edit]Merged with ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “I go”) to give its aorist stem. The aorist imperative still has the connotation "come here!," while the present imperative still has the connotation "go away!."
Verb
[edit]*ἐλεύθω • (*eleúthō)
- I come
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐλθεῖν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410