ὀδύσσομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • *ὀδυίομαι (*oduíomai)
  • *ὀδύομαι (*odúomai)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (hate). Cognates include Latin ōdī (to hate) and Old Armenian ատեմ (atem, to hate). Used to explain the name Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

*ὀδῠ́σσομαι • (*odŭ́ssomai)

  1. to hate

Inflection

The verb is only attested in the aorist and perfect tenses; the aorist often has present meaning and may appear in unaugmented form.

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