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Where does “ἁλίσκομαι” come from?

ἁλίσκομαι (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

ἁλίσκομαι (Ancient Greek): to be captured

Definitions

  1. to be captured

Ancestry of “ἁλίσκομαι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
2Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “ἁλίσκομαι”

  • helot
  • helotry
  • helotism
  • Helotes
  • ilote
  • ilotisme
  • Εἵλωτες
  • Εἵλως
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