ἐγκονέω: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">hurry, be quick and active in service</b> (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. perhaps here [[kasikono]].<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐγκονητί</b> adv. [[quickly]] (Pi.), <b class="b3">ἐγκονίς</b> [[servant]] (Suid.). Beside <b class="b3">ἐγκονέω</b> stands <b class="b3">διακονέω</b> (with <b class="b3">διάκονος</b>, s. v.); further perh. <b class="b3">ἀγκονέω</b> [[hurry]] in Ar. Lys. 1311; from which <b class="b3">ἀγκόνους διακόνους</b>, <b class="b3">δούλους</b> H. Only in H. <b class="b3">κόνει σπεῦδε</b>, <b class="b3">τρέχε</b> and <b class="b3">κονεῖν ἐπείγεσθαι</b>, <b class="b3">ἐνεργεῖν</b> with <b class="b3">κονηταί θεράποντες</b>. Note <b class="b3">κοναρόν</b> ... <b class="b3">δραστήριον</b> and <b class="b3">κοναρώτερον δραστικώτερον</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [564] <b class="b2">*ken-</b> <b class="b2">do actively</b><br />Etymology: Uncertain <b class="b3">ἀ-κονιτί</b> (Olympia, Th.); cf. on [[κόνις]]. Iterative-intensive verb, which formally compares to Lat. [[cōnor]], [[cōnārī]] <b class="b2">exert onself, try</b> like e. g. <b class="b3">ποτέομαι</b> to <b class="b3">πωτάομαι</b> (Schwyzer 719) and which can be cognate. - Pokorny 564 further compares a Celtic group, e. g. MWelsh. [[digoni]] [[make]], Welsh. [[dichon]], [[digon]] [[can]].

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