τύφω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a *bʰ-extension of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewH- (“mist, smoke, haze”).[1] Compare also τῦφος (tûphos, “fever”), τυφόω (tuphóō, “delude”), Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τῡ́φω • (tū́phō)

  1. to smoke, fill with smoke
  2. to consume in smoke

Inflection

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τύφομαι, ω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1522

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