ἕψω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἑψᾰ́ω (hepsáō), ἑψέω (hepséō)

Etymology

The verb is clearly related to Old Armenian եփեմ (epʻem, to boil, cook). However, as Armenian փ- (pʻ-) can hardly represent *ps-, it has been suggested an Indo-European pre-form *sepʰ-, which would have had an s-enlargement in Greek. However, Indo-European did not possess a phoneme pʰ-: this leads to a substrate origin, probably Pre-Greek according to Beekes. For this, compare δέφω (déphō, to soften, knead).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἕψω • (hépsō)

  1. to boil, seethe
    Synonyms: βρᾰ́σσω (brássō), ζέω (zéō)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀφέψω (aphépsō)
  • ἑφθός (hephthós)
  • ἕψημᾰ (hépsēma)
  • ἕψησῐς (hépsēsis)
  • ἑψητήρ (hepsētḗr)
  • ἑψητής (hepsētḗs)
  • ἑψητός (hepsētós)
  • ἑψητῐκός (hepsētikós)
  • ἑψᾰλέος (hepsaléos)
  • ἑψᾰ́νδρᾰ (hepsándra)
  • ἑψᾰνός (hepsanós)
  • σῠνέψω (sunépsō)
  • φᾰκεψός (phakepsós)

Further reading

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