# κηρύσσω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* κηρύττω (kērúttō) — Attic
* κᾱρύσσω (kārússō) — Doric

### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kāruťťō. By surface analysis, κῆρυξ (kêrux) +‎ *-ϳω (*-jō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛː.rýs.sɔː/ → /ciˈrys.so/ → /ciˈri.so/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kɛː.rýs.sɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ke̝ˈrys.so/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ciˈrys.so/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ciˈrys.so/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ciˈri.so/

### Verb

κηρύσσω • (kērússō)
* to be a herald or auctioneer
* to make a proclamation as herald
* (transitive) to summon by herald
* (transitive) to proclaim, announce
* (transitive) to command someone publicly to do something (with infinitive or dative of thing)
* (New Testament) to preach the gospel

#### Derived terms

* ἀνακηρύσσω (anakērússō)
* ἀντικηρύσσω (antikērússō)
* ἀποκηρύσσω (apokērússō)
* διακηρύσσω (diakērússō)
* ἐγκηρύσσω (enkērússō)
* εἰσκηρύσσω (eiskērússō)
* ἐκκηρύσσω (ekkērússō)
* ἐπικηρύσσω (epikērússō)
* κατακηρύσσω (katakērússō)
* κήρυγμα (kḗrugma)
* κηρυκτός (kēruktós)
* κήρυξις (kḗruxis)
* προκηρύσσω (prokērússō)
* προσκηρύσσω (proskērússō)
* ὑποκηρύσσω (hupokērússō)

#### Related terms

* κηρύκαινα (kērúkaina)
* κηρυκεία (kērukeía)
* κηρύκειον (kērúkeion)
* κηρύκειος (kērúkeios)
* κηρυκεύω (kērukeúō)
* κηρυκικός (kērukikós)
* κηρύκινος (kērúkinos)
* κηρύκιον (kērúkion)
* κῆρυξ (kêrux)

#### Descendants

* → Greek: κηρύσσω (kirýsso), κηρύττω (kirýtto) (learned)
* → Coptic: ⲕⲏⲣⲩⲥⲥⲉ (kērusse)
* →⇒ English: kerystic

#### References

* “κηρύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “κηρύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “κηρύσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* κηρύσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* κηρύσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* G2784 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Alternative forms

* κηρύττω (kirýtto) (formal)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κηρύσσω (kērússō). Sense "preach" since Hellenistic times.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ciˈɾi.so/
* Hyphenation: κη‧ρύσ‧σω

### Verb

κηρύσσω • (kirýsso) (past κήρυξα, passive κηρύσσομαι, p‑past κηρύχθηκα/κηρύχτηκα, ppp κηρυγμένος)
* declare, announce, call (war, a strike)
* preach

#### Conjugation

κηρύσσω and κηρύττω (kirýtto) share all forms except the ones with the present stem.

#### Related terms

* see: κήρυκας m (kírykas)
Compounds of the verb:
* ανακηρύσσω (anakirýsso), ανακηρύσσομαι (anakirýssomai), ανακηρύττω (anakirýtto), ανακηρύττομαι (anakirýttomai)
* αποκηρύσσω (apokirýsso), αποκηρύσσομαι (apokirýssomai), αποκηρύττω (apokirýtto), αποκηρύττομαι (apokirýttomai)
* διακηρύσσω (diakirýsso), διακηρύσσομαι (diakirýssomai), διακηρύττω (diakirýtto), διακηρύττομαι (diakirýttomai)
* επικηρύσσω (epikirýsso), επικηρύσσομαι (epikirýssomai), επικηρύττω (epikirýtto), επικηρύττομαι (epikirýttomai)
* προκηρύσσω (prokirýsso), προκηρύσσομαι (prokirýssomai), προκηρύττω (prokirýtto)

### References

* ↑ κηρύττω & κηρύσσω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language