- καίνω
- καίνωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `kill' (trag., Timocr. 1, 9, Theoc. l. c.);Other forms: Aor. κανεῖν (κανῆν Theoc. 24, 92), fut. κανῶ, perf. κέκονα (S. Fr. 1058)Compounds: also with κατα- `id.' (X.).Derivatives: - κοναί φόνοι H.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: By-form to κτείνω (s. v.) with the same simplification of the anlaut as in χαμαί beside χθών (Schwyzer 326). The supposition, καίνω, κανεῖν would have arisen from κατα-κανεῖν with dissimilation for κατα-κτανεῖν (Kieckers IF 36, 233ff., Chantraine Sprache 1, 142 n. 3), is difficult to connect with the chronology of the attestations. S. Brugmann, Grundr.2 1, 792 n. 1, Kretschmer Glotta 10, 231, Deroy L'Ant. class. 23, 313. Cf. Lejeune, Phonét. 32.Page in Frisk: 1,755
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.