γηθέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γᾱθέω (gāthéō), γᾱ́θω (gā́thō) Doric
  • γήθω (gḗthō)

Etymology

Because of Latin gaudeō (I rejoice), a pre-form *γαϝ-εθ-έω (*gaw-eth-éō) was reconstructed, but the contraction then would have to have been very early and have spread even to the perfect. Recently, the word has been compared with Tocharian A kātk- (to be glad), which has yielded the Proto-Indo-European reconstruction *geh₂dʰ- (to rejoice) for Greek. The same root is found in γαίω (gaíō, to rejoice), γάνυμαι (gánumai, to be glad), γαῦρος (gaûros, conceited, arrogant).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

γηθέω • (gēthéō)

  1. to rejoice, be glad
  2. to exult, triumph

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • γῆθος (gêthos)
  • γηθοσῠ́νη (gēthosúnē)
  • γηθόσῠνος (gēthósunos)
  • γηθᾰλέος (gēthaléos)
  • ἐπῐγηθέω (epigēthéō)

Further reading

  • γηθέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • γηθέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • γηθέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • γηθέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • γηθέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • γηθέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • 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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