-σκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti, inchoative or inceptive suffix.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sko/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sko/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sko/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sko/

Suffix

-σκω • (-skō)

Primitive suffix used to form present-tense stems, very rarely associated with the inchoative meaning of becoming

Derived terms

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References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 526, 527

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