φιμόω

φιμόω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῑμός (phīmós, “any instrument for keeping the mouth closed”) +‎ -όω (-óō, verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰiː.mó.ɔː/ → /ɸiˈmo.o/ → /fiˈmo.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰiː.mó.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈmo.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈmo.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈmo.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈmo.o/

Verb

φῑμόω • (phīmóō)

1. To muzzle, to shut up as with a muzzle; to close, to seal up; (figurative) to muzzle, to put to silence.

Inflection

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Derived terms

• φίμωσις (phímōsis)

References

• φιμόω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press