κομέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (to be tired), the same root of κάμνω (kámnō, to exert oneself, labour); see the latter for more cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κομέω • (koméō)

  1. to take care of, tend, look after

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀμφῐκομέω (amphĭkoméō)
  • ἀνᾰκομέω (anăkoméō)
  • ἀποκομέω (apokoméō)
  • γεροντοκόμος (gerontokómos)
  • εἰροκόμος (eirokómos)
  • εἰσκομέω (eiskoméō)
  • ἱπποκομέω (hippokoméō)
  • κᾰτᾰκομέω (kătăkoméō)
  • κομῐ́ζω (komĭ́zō)
  • λαοκρατέομαι (laokratéomai)
  • μελῐσσοκόμος (melĭssokómos)
  • νοσοκομέω (nosokoméō)
  • πᾰρᾰκομέω (părăkoméō)
  • σῠγκομέω (sŭnkoméō)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κομέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 743

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