φωνέω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
γεγωνῶ
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
gegōna
English translation (word)
to shout
Transliteration (Etymon)
phōneō
English translation (etymon)
to produce a sound
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".
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
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"