οἴγω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Forssman reconstructs an ablauting root, *ὀϝειγ-/*ὀϝιγ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃uóigo-, and cognate with Sanskrit विज् (vij, to shake, tremble) and वेग (vega, violent movement, momentum).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

οἴγω • (oígō)

  1. to open

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνοίγω (anoígō)
  • διοίγω (dioígō)
  • δίοιξις (díoixis)
  • ἐξοίγω (exoígō)
  • ἐποίγω (epoígō)
  • θυροιγός (thuroigós)
  • παρανοίγω (paranoígō)
  • παροίγω (paroígō)
  • πιθοίγια (pithoígia)
  • ὑπανοίγω (hupanoígō)

Further reading

  • οἴγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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