φωνέω

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Word-form

γεγωνῶ

Transliteration (Word)

gegōna

English translation (word)

to shout

Transliteration (Etymon)

phōneō

English translation (etymon)

to produce a sound

Author

Etym. Magnum

Century

12 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 224

Ed.

T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)

Quotation

Γεγωνέμεν: Ἀπὸ τοῦ φωνῶ, τροπῇ τοῦ φ εἰς γ, γεγωνῶ, γεγωνήσω, γεγώνηκα. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ γωνῶ, γωνεῖν, καὶ γεγωνεῖν κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμόν· καὶ ποιητικῶς, γεγωνέμεν. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ γνώω, (ὅθεν καὶ τὸ γνώωσι,) γίνεται μέσος παρακείμενος γεγωνὼς, ἐκβοῶν, κράζων.

Translation (En)

Gegōnemen "to shout": from phōnô "to produce a sound" by change of /ph/ into /g/, gegōnô, gegōnēsō, gegōnēka. Or from gōnô, gōneîn and gegōneîn by reduplication, and in poetry gegōnemen. Or from gnō "to know" (from which also gnōōsi "they know"), the middle perfect is gegōnōs "shouting".

Comment

Derivational etymology, semantically rather simple but implying a formal change, that of the initial consonant, and then a reduplication (as in other etymologies). A verb meaning "to shout" is derived from a verb meaning "to voice, to produce a sound"

Parallels

There is no parallel

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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