σεύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes from Proto-Indo-European *kyew-, thus cognate with Sanskrit च्यु (cyu). Frisk and Chantraine, on the other hand, consider it to be related to κινέω (kinéō) and κίω (kíō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σεύω • (seúō)

  1. to chase, drive, impel
  2. (middle voice) to rush, hasten, hurry

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀνασεύω (anaseúō)
  • ἀποσεύω (aposeúō)
  • διασεύομαι (diaseúomai)
  • ἐκσεύω (ekseúō)
  • ἐπισσεύω (episseúō)
  • κατασεύω (kataseúō)
  • λαοσσόος (laossóos)
  • μετασσεύομαι (metasseúomai)

Further reading

  • σεύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σεύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • σεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.