Φένω

I slay

Translated by Catharine Roth2 Dec 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words
The [verb that means] I murder.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φένω· τὸ φονεύω.

Betacode
*fe/nw: to\ foneu/w.

Notes

  1. This present-tense fe/nw was posited by grammarians to account for forms like the epic/poetic aorist e)/pefnon (etc.), from the root *gwhen-. See LSJ s.v. qei/nw (web address 1).
    cf. ps.-Herodian 142 and 242.

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Neighbouring entries

φ199ΦενεόςPheneos, Pheneusφ200Φενόληςcloak, paenulaφ201ΦένωI slayφ202ΦεράςPherai, Pheraeφ203Φέρασπιςshield-bearing
Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Jan 2023
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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