δενδίλλω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Although this verb certainly has intensive reduplication, its etymology is unknown. The word has nothing to do with δανδαίνω (dandaínō, “to gaze, look intently”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /den.díl.lɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /denˈdil.lo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðenˈdil.lo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðenˈdil.lo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðenˈdi.lo/
Verb
δενδῐ́λλω • (dendíllō)
- to wink, blink
- Synonym: σκᾰρδᾰμῠ́σσω (skardamússō)
- to turn the eyes, glance quickly
Inflection
Present: δενδῐ́λλω, δενδῐ́λλομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δενδῐ́λλω | δενδῐ́λλεις | δενδῐ́λλει | δενδῐ́λλετον | δενδῐ́λλετον | δενδῐ́λλομεν | δενδῐ́λλετε | δενδῐ́λλουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δενδῐ́λλω | δενδῐ́λλῃς | δενδῐ́λλῃ | δενδῐ́λλητον | δενδῐ́λλητον | δενδῐ́λλωμεν | δενδῐ́λλητε | δενδῐ́λλωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δενδῐ́λλοιμῐ | δενδῐ́λλοις | δενδῐ́λλοι | δενδῐ́λλοιτον | δενδῐλλοίτην | δενδῐ́λλοιμεν | δενδῐ́λλοιτε | δενδῐ́λλοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δένδῐλλε | δενδῐλλέτω | δενδῐ́λλετον | δενδῐλλέτων | δενδῐ́λλετε | δενδῐλλόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | δενδῐ́λλομαι | δενδῐ́λλῃ, δενδῐ́λλει | δενδῐ́λλεται | δενδῐ́λλεσθον | δενδῐ́λλεσθον | δενδῐλλόμεθᾰ | δενδῐ́λλεσθε | δενδῐ́λλονται | ||||
| subjunctive | δενδῐ́λλωμαι | δενδῐ́λλῃ | δενδῐ́λληται | δενδῐ́λλησθον | δενδῐ́λλησθον | δενδῐλλώμεθᾰ | δενδῐ́λλησθε | δενδῐ́λλωνται | |||||
| optative | δενδῐλλοίμην | δενδῐ́λλοιο | δενδῐ́λλοιτο | δενδῐ́λλοισθον | δενδῐλλοίσθην | δενδῐλλοίμεθᾰ | δενδῐ́λλοισθε | δενδῐ́λλοιντο | |||||
| imperative | δενδῐ́λλου | δενδῐλλέσθω | δενδῐ́λλεσθον | δενδῐλλέσθων | δενδῐ́λλεσθε | δενδῐλλέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δενδῐ́λλειν | δενδῐ́λλεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δενδῐ́λλων | δενδῐλλόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | δενδῐ́λλουσᾰ | δενδῐλλομένη | |||||||||||
| n | δενδῐ́λλον | δενδῐλλόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Further reading
- “δενδίλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δενδίλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δενδίλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δενδίλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δενδίλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δενδίλλω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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