βλάσφημος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hellenic *mləspʰāmos, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-s-bʰeh₂-mo-s, from *(s)mel- (to deceive)[1] + φημί (phēmí, I say) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective-forming suffix).[2] Beekes is implicitly skeptical of the connection of the first syllable to *(s)mel-, however, and leaves the first syllable's origin open.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Adjective[edit]

βλᾰ́σφημος (blásphēmosm or f (neuter βλᾰ́σφημον); second declension

  1. uttering ill-omened words; jinx
  2. reviling, defaming
  3. (of words) slanderous, libellous
  4. uttering impious words; blasphemous

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Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: blasphēmus (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. mel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 719
  2. 2.0 2.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 218

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