παλύνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation similar to μολύνω (molúnō, to stain, defile) and φορύνω (phorúnō, to be mingled). Either a direct derivative of πάλη (pálē, fine meal) + -ύνω (-únō) or from an unattested u-stem from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (flour, dust).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πᾰλῠ́νω • (palúnō)

  1. to strew, sprinkle
    Synonyms: πᾰ́σσω (pássō), ῥαίνω (rhaínō), ῥᾰντῐ́ζω (rhantízō)
  2. to bestrew, besprinkle
  3. to besmear
  4. to cover lightly

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀμφῐπᾰλῠ́νω (amphipalúnō)
  • δῐᾰπᾰλῠ́νω (diapalúnō)
  • ὑπερπᾰλῠ́νω (huperpalúnō)

Descendants

  • English: palyno-

Further reading

  • παλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • παλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • παλύνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • παλύνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • παλύνω 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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