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σαίνω
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The etymology is unexplained. It must be rejected the suggestion of Solmsen, who reconstructs a word for "penis" and connects Lithuanian tvi̇̀nstu (“to swell out (of a river)”), and connects other word with σα-, like σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sǎi̯.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈse.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈse.no/
Verb
σαίνω • (saínō)
- (of dogs) to wag the tail, fawn
- (figuratively) to fawn, cringe, crouch
- to fawn on, pay court to, greet
- to gladden, especially with hope or conviction
- to beguile, cozen, deceive
Inflection
Aorist: ἔσηνᾰ, ἐσηνᾰ́μην
Derived terms
- περῐσαίνω (perĭsaínō)
- προσσαίνω (prossaínō)
- σαινῐ́δωρος (sainĭ́dōros)
- σαίνουρος (saínouros)
Further reading
- “σαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “σαίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σαίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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
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