κηρύσσω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kāruťťō, from the stem of κῆρῠξ (kêrux, herald) and Proto-Hellenic *-yō (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κηρύσσω • (kērússō)

  1. to be a herald or auctioneer
  2. to make a proclamation as herald
  3. (transitive) to summon by herald
  4. (transitive) to proclaim, announce
  5. (transitive) to command someone publicly to do something (with infinitive or dative of thing)
  6. (New Testament) to preach the gospel

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνακηρύσσω (anakērússō)
  • ἀντικηρύσσω (antikērússō)
  • ἀποκηρύσσω (apokērússō)
  • διακηρύσσω (diakērússō)
  • ἐγκηρύσσω (enkērússō)
  • εἰσκηρύσσω (eiskērússō)
  • ἐκκηρύσσω (ekkērússō)
  • ἐπικηρύσσω (epikērússō)
  • κατακηρύσσω (katakērússō)
  • κήρυγμα (kḗrugma)
  • κηρυκτός (kēruktós)
  • κήρυξις (kḗruxis)
  • προκηρύσσω (prokērússō)
  • προσκηρύσσω (proskērússō)
  • ὑποκηρύσσω (hupokērússō)

Descendants

References

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κηρύσσω (kērússō). Sense "preach" since Hellenistic times.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ciˈɾi.so/
  • Hyphenation: κη‧ρύσ‧σω

Verb

κηρύσσω • (kirýsso) (past κήρυξα, passive κηρύσσομαι, ppast κηρύχθηκα/κηρύχτηκα, ppp κηρυγμένος)

  1. declare, announce, call (war, a strike)
  2. preach

Conjugation

κηρύσσω and κηρύττω (kirýtto) share all forms except the ones with the present stem.

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Compounds of the verb:

  • ανακηρύσσω (anakirýsso), ανακηρύσσομαι (anakirýssomai) / ανακηρύττω (anakirýtto), ανακηρύττομαι (anakirýttomai)
  • αποκηρύσσω (apokirýsso), αποκηρύσσομαι (apokirýssomai) / αποκηρύττω (apokirýtto), αποκηρύττομαι (apokirýttomai)
  • διακηρύσσω (diakirýsso), διακηρύσσομαι (diakirýssomai) / διακηρύττω (diakirýtto), διακηρύττομαι (diakirýttomai)
  • επικηρύσσω (epikirýsso), επικηρύσσομαι (epikirýssomai) / επικηρύττω (epikirýtto), επικηρύττομαι (epikirýttomai)
  • προκηρύσσω (prokirýsso), προκηρύσσομαι (prokirýssomai) / προκηρύττω (prokirýtto)

References

  1. κηρύττω & κηρύσσω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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