-ύνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-unyeti.[1] Doublet of -αίνω (-aínō), whose factitiveness is also from the ν. The nasal suffix is from an earlier nasal infix used without y.[2]

Suffix

-ῡ́νω • (-ū́nō)

  1. Forms factitive verbs from u-stem adjectives
    βαρύς (barús) + ‎-ύνω (-únō) → ‎βαρύνω (barúnō)
  2. Forms factitive verbs from s-stem abstract nouns, previously ones that had u-stem adjectives
    μῆκος (mêkos) + ‎-ύνω (-únō) → ‎μηκύνω (mēkúnō)
  3. Forms factitive verbs from o-stem adjectives
    λεπτός (leptós) + ‎-ύνω (-únō) → ‎λεπτύνω (leptúnō)

Conjugation

Antonyms

  • (Epic) (antonym(s) of to provide with an abstract quality): -έω (-éō) (to be, to have an abstract quality)
  • (antonym(s) of factitive): -ύω (-úō) (to do, perform)

Derived terms

References

  • Beek, L.C. van (17 December 2013) The development of the Proto-Indo-European syllabic liquids in Greek[2], pages 97-99
  1. ^ Willi, Andreas (2018) Origins of the Greek Verb, Cambridge University Press, page 424
  2. ^ Tucker, Elizabeth (1981) “GREEK FACTITIVE VERBS IN -oω, -oω AND-vω”, in Transactions of the Philological Society[1], volume 79, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 23, 26-28