τρέχω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • τράχω (trákhō)Doric

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (to run, drag), suppleted in the future and aorist tenses with *drem- (to run).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    τρέχω • (trékhō)

    1. (of people) to run
      1. (of things) to move quickly
    2. to run over
      1. to run a course, a heat

    Inflection

    The verb is suppleted with forms from δρᾰμέομαι (drăméomai), for the future and aorist (from *δρέμω (*drémō)). The synonym θέω (théō) also is suppleted by the same forms.

    Descendants

    • Greek: τρέχω (trécho)
    • Mariupol Greek: дрэ́ху (dréxu)
    • Translingual: Trechus

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρέχω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1506-7

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

    Inherited from Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (to run).

    Verb

    τρέχω • (trécho) (past έτρεξα, passive —)

    1. to run, move quickly, sprint
      Έτρεξα για να προλάβω το τρένο.
      Étrexa gia na prolávo to tréno.
      I ran to catch the train.
    2. to flee, run away
    3. to flow, flow from, run
      Τρέχει η μύτη μου.
      Tréchei i mýti mou.
      My nose is running.
      Το ποτάμι τρέχει
      To potámi tréchei
      The river flows.
    4. to run, execute (a computer or computer program)
      Θα μπορούμε να τρέχουμε προγράμματα Windows.
      Tha boroúme na tréchoume prográmmata Windows.
      We shall be able to run Windows programs.

    Conjugation