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δαρθάνω

darthano

to fall asleep

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What it meant

1. δαρθάνω · darthanō — Beekes

δαρθάνω [v.] ‘to fall asleep’. «1Ὲ *der- (?) ‘sleep’> *VAR The simplex as a present only Hierocl. in CA; aor. ἕδραθον (v 143); mostly κατα-δαρθάνω (Pl), also ἐγκατα-, ἐπικατα-, ovykata-, and ἀπο-, παρα-, aor. -Spabetv (Od.), -δαρθεῖν, perf. -δεδάρθηκα (Att.), later aor. -δαρθῆναι (see Schwyzer 759). Mostly as a suppletive aorist to the pres. [καθ-]εύδω ‘sleep’. *DER No derivatives. *ETYM δαρθάνω bears a certain … — [Beekes, s.v. δαρθάνω, p. 351]

2. δαρθάνω · darthanō — LSJ

sleep

sleep, Hierocl. in CA 19p.461M.: aor. 2 ἔδρᾰθον, ἔδραθʼ ἐνὶ προδόμῳ Od. 20.143. (Prob. akin to Lat. dormio, Slav. drèmali, Skt. drá̄ti ‘sleep’.)

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Where it came from

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