ζέω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *yes- (to boil, foam). Compare Sanskrit येषति (yeṣati, to boil, bubble up), यसति (yásati, to froth up, foam), English yeast.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ζέω (zéō)

  1. to boil, seethe, effervesce
    Synonyms: βρᾰ́σσω (brássō), ἕψω (hépsō)
  2. to heat
  3. to bubble up, well up
    Synonym: βλύζω (blúzō)
    • early 2nd century CE, Anyte, chapter 208, in Greek Anthology, Book VII[1]:
      αἷμα ταλαυρίνου διὰ χρωτὸς ἔζεσε
      haîma talaurínou dià khrōtòs ézese
      blood bubbled up from his stubborn hide

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ζέω (zéo, to boil, verb) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 499-500

Further reading

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  • ζέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ζέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ζέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ζέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ζέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ζέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • G2204 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Encyclopedia Papyrus-Larousse (1963)
  • J.B Hofmann, Ετυμολογικόν Λεξικόν της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής (Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen)