Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *deiknéumi, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (to show, point out) +‎ -νῡμῐ (-nūmi), from Proto-Indo-European *-néwti. Cognates include Latin dīcō, Sanskrit दिशति (diśáti) and Old English tǣċan (English teach).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi)

  1. to show, point out [with dative ‘to someone’]
  2. to bring to light, display, portray, represent
  3. to make known, explain, teach, prove

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δείκνυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

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