ϝέχω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *wékʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti (“to be transporting”), from the root *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Sanskrit वहति (váhati), Old English wegan (whence English weigh). The Koine form would have been *ἔχω (*ékhō).
Usage notes
- The only attested forms of this verb are ϝεχέτω (wekhétō, third-person singular present active imperative) and ἔϝεξε (éwexe, third-person singular aorist active indicative). The lemma form *ϝέχω (*wékhō) itself is not attested.
Related terms
- ὄχος (ókhos)
References
- “ϝέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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