σβέννυμι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σβεννύω (sbennúō)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes- (extinguish, quell)[1]. Cognates include Sanskrit जासयति (jāsayati, to exhaust)[1], Lithuanian gęstù (to extinguish, to go out), Irish bás (death), Old Church Slavonic оугашѫ (ugašǫ, to extinguish)[1].

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmi)

  1. (transitive) I quench, put out
    1. I dry up
    2. I quench, quell, check
  2. (passive, intransitive) I am quenched, I go out
    1. I dry up
    2. I am quelled, lulled

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰσβέννῡμῐ (anasbénnūmi)
  • ἀποσβέννῡμῐ (aposbénnūmi)
  • ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)
  • ἐκσβέννῡμῐ (eksbénnūmi)
  • ἐνσβέννῠμαι (ensbénnumai)
  • ἐπῐσβέννῠμαι (episbénnumai)
  • εὔσβεστος (eúsbestos)
  • κᾰτᾰσβέννῡμῐ (katasbénnūmi)
  • περισβέννῡμῐ (perisbénnūmi)
  • συσβέννῡμῐ (susbénnūmi)
  • σβέσῐς (sbésis)
  • σβεστήρ (sbestḗr)
  • σβεστήρῐος (sbestḗrios)
  • σβεστῐκός (sbestikós)
  • σβεστός (sbestós)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161

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