πέσσω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *péťťō, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-, from *pekʷ-. The alternative present stem πέπτω (péptō) apparently comes from analogy with the root-stem πεπ- (pep-) < *pekʷ-. Cognates include Latin coquō (whence English cook), Sanskrit पचति (pacati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pacaiti), and Albanian pjek.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πέσσω • (péssō)

  1. to soften, ripen
  2. to boil, cook, bake
  3. to digest
  4. (figuratively) to brood
    1. (of diseases)
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Regimen in Acute Diseases 42

Inflection

Synonyms

  • λεπάζω (lepázō)

Derived terms

  • ἀντῐπέσσομαι (antipéssomai)
  • ἀνᾰπέσσω (anapéssō)
  • βρᾰδύπεπτος (bradúpeptos)
  • ἐκπέσσω (ekpéssō)
  • ἐπῐπέσσω (epipéssō)
  • ἐσχᾰρόπεπτος (eskharópeptos)
  • ἡλιόπεπτος (hēliópeptos)
  • ἡμίπεπτος (hēmípeptos)
  • νεόπεπτος (neópeptos)
  • περιπέσσω (peripéssō)
  • πέψις (pépsis)
  • προπέσσω (propéssō)
  • σῠμπέσσω (sumpéssō)
  • ὑπερπέσσω (huperpéssō)
  • φῐλάπεπτος (philápeptos)
  • ἄπεπτος (ápeptos)
  • δρῠπεπής (drupepḗs)
  • δύσπεπτος (dúspeptos)
  • εὔπεπτος (eúpeptos)
  • πέμμᾰ (pémma)
  • πεπαίνω (pepaínō)
  • πεπασμός (pepasmós)
  • πέπειρος (pépeiros)
  • πεπτήρῐος (peptḗrios)
  • πεπτός (peptós)
  • πέπτρῐᾰ (péptria)
  • πεπτῐκός (peptikós)
  • πέπων (pépōn)
  • πέπᾰνος (pépanos)
  • πέψῐς (pépsis)
  • πόπᾰνον (pópanon)

References

  • πέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • πέσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πέσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πέσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πέσσω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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