φοιτάω

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 6 September 2018

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably Pre-Greek, due to lack of solid comparanda.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

φοιτᾰ́ω • (phoitắō)

  1. Indicates repeated motion
    1. (intransitive) to go back and forth, to and fro, up and down; to roam
    2. (intransitive, of people) to go to or visit (a person or place) repeatedly or regularly, frequent
    3. (intransitive, of goods) to come in regularly, be imported
    4. (intransitive, of students) to go to or attend school
    5. (intransitive, of taxes) to be collected, come in
    6. (intransitive, of sexual intercourse) to go into a person

Usage notes

Most commonly used in present and imperfect, since it denotes a repeated action.

Usage notes

  • The Doric forms φοιτῆν (phoitên), φοιτασεῖ (phoitaseî), and ἐφοίτη (ephoítē) are attested
  • An Epic 3rd person dual form, φοιτήτην (phoitḗtēn), is attested
  • An Aeolic aorist 2nd singular subjunctive form φοιτάσῃς (phoitásēis) is attested. Bailly reconstructs an Aeolic future φοιτάσω (phoitásō).

Inflection

Derived terms

  • suffixed
    • φοιτῶν (phoitôn)
    • φοίτησις (phoítēsis)
    • φοιτητέον (phoitētéon)
    • φοιτητής (phoitētḗs)
    • φοιτητός (phoitētós)
  • with prepositional prefixes
    • ἀποφοιτάω (apophoitáō)
    • διαφοιτάω (diaphoitáō)
    • εἰσφοιτάω (eisphoitáō)
    • ἐκφοιτάω (ekphoitáō)
    • ἐπιφοιτάω (epiphoitáō)
      • ἐπιφοίτησις (epiphoítēsis)
  • ἐπίφοιτος (epíphoitos)
  • ἠεροφοίτης (ēerophoítēs)
  • ἠεροφοῖτις (ēerophoîtis)
  • ἠερόφοιτος (ēeróphoitos)
  • φοιταλέος (phoitaléos)
  • φοιτάς (phoitás)
  • φοῖτος (phoîtos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φοιτάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1585

Further reading

  • φοιτάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φοιτάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φοιτάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φοιτάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963