κελεύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

UncertainCategory:Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies#ΚΕΛΕΥΩ. Beekes notes that, if it derives from κέλομαι (kélomai, to urge, exhort), the -ευ- (-eu-) 'remains unexplained', and compares it to the -ευ- (-eu-) found in κέλευθος (kéleuthos, road) and τελευτή (teleutḗ, end; tip).[1] However, it appears feasible that the suffix is simply -εύω (-eúō, verbal suffix)Category:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -εύω#ΚΕΛΕΥΩ. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. what does beekes mean here? isn't this just the suffix -εύω [for which we have an entry]Category:Requests for expansion of etymologies in Ancient Greek entries#ΚΕΛΕΥΩ

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. to urge, bid, exhort
  2. to command, order

Usage notes

The person being urged or commanded generally takes the accusative (and sometimes the dative), and the action being requested takes the infinitive.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κελεύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 669

Further reading

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