χλιαίνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier χλίω (khlíō), from Proto-Hellenic *kʰlíō.

The pair formed by this verb and χλιαρός (khliarós, tepid, lukewarm), like μιαίνω (miaínō)/μιαρός (miarós) and πιαίνω (piaínō)/πιαρός (piarós), belong together both formally and semantically, due to their physiological meaning "soft, lukewarm". Some Celtic and Germanic words with the meaning "to shine" are compared: Old Irish glé (clear, evident), Middle Welsh gloew (liquid, clear), Old Norse gljá (to shine, gleam), Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (brightness, splendour), Lithuanian žlejà (darkness, twilight). All these words point to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to shine). However, the connection between "shine, gleam" and "warm" is difficult, so the reconstruction remains uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

χλῑαίνω (khlīaínō)

  1. (active) to warm, warm up
  2. (passive) to grow warm, warm oneself

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰχλῑαίνω (anakhlīaínō)
  • ἐπῐχλῑαίνω (epikhlīaínō)
  • ὑποχλῑαίνω (hupokhlīaínō)
  • χλῐᾰρός (khliarós)
  • χλῐ́ᾰσμᾰ (khlíasma)

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