κέλλω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (to drive). Cognates include Latin celer, Sanskrit कलयति (kaláyati), and Old English healdan (English hold).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κέλλω (kéllō)

  1. to drive on, to run a ship to land, put a ship to shore
  2. to put to shore, put to harbor

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κέλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 670

Further reading

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