βάλλω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥-ne-h₁-, nasal-infix from *gʷelH- (to hit by throwing). Cognates are uncertain, but compare Sanskrit उद्गूर्ण (ud-gūrṇa) and Old Irish at·baill (dies).

    Sihler[1] argues for a N nasal progressive aspect marker, but Curtius[2] and Smyth[3] argue for a *y progressive aspect marker.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    βᾰ́λλω (bállō)

    1. (transitive) to throw, cast, hurl
    2. (transitive) to let fall
    3. (transitive) to strike, touch
    4. (transitive) to put, place
    5. (intransitive) to fall, tumble

    Inflection

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    References

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    1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN p. 519
    2. ^ Curtius, Georg (1880) Wilkins, Augustus S, England, E. B, transl., The Greek Verb: Its Structure and Development.[1], London: J. Murray, pages “The I Class”, p. 201-227 sections 292-330
    3. ^ Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 517

    Greek

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    Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈva.lo/
    • Hyphenation: βάλ‧λω

    Verb

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    βάλλω (vállo) (past έβαλα, passive βάλλομαι)

    1. to attack
    2. to fire, shoot
    3. (figuratively) to accuse, reprove, criticise

    Conjugation

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    Compounds -and see their derivatives-
    Related and see their derivatives

    See also

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    • Compare to verb βάζω (vázo, put, place)