ἁλίσκομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (to catch, seize, strike) +‎ -σκομαι (-skomai). The aspiration was probably taken from αἱρεῖν (haireîn) and/or ἑλεῖν (heleîn). The aorist forms reflect the stem *wḷh₃eh₁-, where the passive marker -η- appears as -ω- as a result of the preceding laryngeal's coloring effect. Cognates include Latin vellō (to pluck, demolish). [1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ᾰ̔λῐ́σκομαι • (hălĭ́skomai)

  1. to be captured
  2. to be convicted and condemned

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἅλωσις (hálōsis)
  • ἀνθαλίσκομαι (anthalískomai)
  • ἐναλίσκομαι (enalískomai)
  • παραλίσκομαι (paralískomai)
  • προαλίσκομαι (proalískomai)
  • προσαλίσκομαι (prosalískomai)
  • συναλίσκομαι (sunalískomai)
  • συνεξαναλίσκομαι (sunexanalískomai)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἁλίσκομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 69-70

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