βάλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥-ne-h₁-, nasal-infix from *gʷelH- (to hit by throwing). Cognates are uncertain, but compare Sanskrit उद्गूर्ण (ud-gūrṇa) and Old Irish at·baill (dies).

Sihler[1] argues for a N nasal progressive aspect marker, but Curtius[2] and Smyth[3] argue for a *y progressive aspect marker.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

βᾰ́λλω • (bállō)

  1. (transitive) to throw, cast, hurl
  2. (transitive) to let fall
  3. (transitive) to strike, touch
  4. (transitive) to put, place
  5. (intransitive) to fall, tumble

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN p. 519
  2. Curtius, Georg (1880) Wilkins, Augustus S, England, E. B, transl., The Greek Verb: Its Structure and Development., London: J. Murray, pages “The I Class”, p. 201-227 sections 292-330
  3. Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 517

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.lo/
  • Hyphenation: βάλ‧λω

Verb

βάλλω • (vállo) (past έβαλα, passive βάλλομαι)

  1. to attack
  2. to fire, shoot
  3. (figuratively) to accuse, reprove, criticise

Conjugation

Compounds -and see their derivatives-
Related and see their derivatives

See also

  • Compare to verb βάζω (vázo, put, place)
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