ὀτρύνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to stir, move, hasten, hurry”) with irregular metathesis, related to Sanskrit तुर (tura, “strong, powerful”), Sanskrit त्वरते (tvárate, “hasten, hurry, urge”), Albanian turrem (“I rush”), the Celtic tribe Turones, and Latin Tyras. However, the initial ὀ- prefix is not expected.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ὀτρῡ́νω • (otrū́nō)

  1. to stir up, rouse, encourage
  2. (in middle) to hasten

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1123

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