πνίγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No clear etymology. Earlier attempts to analyze the formation as a conflation of several different verbs are unconvincing. Rather onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic. A Pre-Greek origin cannot be excluded.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πνῑ́γω (pnī́gō)

  1. to choke, throttle, strangle
  2. (of great heat) to stifle
  3. (figuratively) to torment, vex
  4. to cook in a close-covered vessel, to bake, stew
  5. to drown

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀποπνῑ́γω (apopnī́gō)
  • κᾰτᾰπνῑ́γω (katapnī́gō)
  • περῐπνῑ́γω (peripnī́gō)
  • πνῑγᾰλῐ́ων (pnīgalíōn)
  • πνῑγετός (pnīgetós)
  • πνῑγεύς (pnīgeús)
  • πνῑγηρός (pnīgērós)
  • πνῑγῐ́ζω (pnīgízō)
  • πνῑγῖτῐς (pnīgîtis)
  • πνῖγμᾰ (pnîgma)
  • πνῑγμονή (pnīgmonḗ)
  • πνῑγμός (pnīgmós)
  • πνῑγμώδης (pnīgmṓdēs)
  • πνῑγόεις (pnīgóeis)
  • πνῖγος (pnîgos)
  • πνῑγώδης (pnīgṓdēs)
  • πνικτήρ (pniktḗr)
  • πνῐκτῐκός (pniktikós)
  • πνῐκτός (pniktós)
  • πνῐ́ξ (pníx)
  • πνῖξῐς (pnîxis)
  • σῠμπνῑ́γω (sumpnī́gō)

Descendants

  • Greek: πνίγω (pnígo)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek πνῑ́γω (pnī́gō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpni.ɣo/
  • Hyphenation: πνί‧γω

Verb

πνίγω (pnígo) (past έπνιξα, passive πνίγομαι, ppast πνίγηκα/πνίχτηκα, ppp πνιγμένος)

  1. drown, smother, choke
    Δέκα άτομα πνίγηκαν εξαιτίας του τσουνάμι.
    Déka átoma pnígikan exaitías tou tsounámi.
    Ten people drowned because of the tsunami.

Conjugation

  • αποπνίγω (apopnígo, to strangle)
  • αποπνικτικός (apopniktikós, suffocating, adjective)
  • πνιγηρός (pnigirós, oppressing, suffocating, adjective)
  • πνιγηρότητα f (pnigirótita)
  • πνιγμονή f (pnigmoní, choking, suffocation)
  • πνιγμός m (pnigmós, drowning)
  • πνίξιμο n (pníximo, drowning, choking, suffocation)
  • πνίχτης m (pníchtis, strangler, one who drowns somebody)
  • πνιχτός m (pnichtós, strangled, suffocated)

Further reading

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