κεντέω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-. Cognate with English hent, hunt and possibly hand.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κεντέω (kentéō)

  1. to prick, sting, goad
  2. to stab, pierce, wound
  3. to torture, torment

Inflection

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Homer uses κένσαι as the aorist infinitive, which is phonetically odd because -νσ- is normally forbidden in Greek.

Derived terms

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