ὄνομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂- (“to onerate, charge, burden; (perhaps) to name”); cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ḫannanzi, “to judge, charge, sue”).[1] According to Beekes, οὔνεσθε (oúnesthe) and the forms in ὀνα- (ona-) are secondary derivations, not based on the root ὀνο- (ono-).

Verb

ὄνομαι • (ónomai)

  1. to blame, scold; to find fault with, treat scornfully, attack verbally, vituperate, insult
  2. to curse, throw a slur upon; to slander
  3. to quarrel with, impugn

Inflection

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Derived terms
  • ὄνοσις (ónosis, “blame”)
  • ὀνοτάζω (onotázō)
  • ὀνοτός (onotós), ὀνοστός (onostós)
  • ὀνητά (onētá), ὀνητά μεμπτά (onētá memptá, “reproached”)

See also

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄνομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1085
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