ἄγνυμι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wágnūmi, as evidenced by Homeric metre; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *uh₂ǵ-néw-ti, from the root *weh₂ǵ- (to break apart, split, burst) (traditionally *wag-). Cognate with Tocharian A wāk-, Tocharian B wāk- and possibly Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒆠 (wa-a-ki /wāki/, bites), Sanskrit वज्र (vájra-, thunderbolt) (*“that which splits”) and Latin vāgina (sheath; vagina) (if originally *“fissure, slit”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmi)

  1. (transitive, chiefly Epic) to break, shatter

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄγνυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 13–14
  2. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), u̯āk-i / u̯akk-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 939–940
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “wāk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 635–636

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