χανδάνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A nasal-infixed and -suffixed present from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (to seize, grasp, take). Compare λαμβάνω (lambánō). Cognate with Latin prehendo, English get.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

χᾰνδᾰ́νω • (khandánō)

(chiefly Epic)
  1. (transitive) to take in, hold, comprise, contain
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to be capable [+infinitive = of doing]

Inflection

References

  • χανδάνω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χανδάνω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • χανδάνω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χανδάνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • χανδάνω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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