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sammodi

aor 3rd sg of sammodi (verb); aor 2nd sg of sammodi (verb)

1. greeted; exchanged pleasantries; had a friendly conversation (with)

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings multiple agents into a single, unified action. Cognates: English 'same', Latin con-, Greek homo-.
• mod — root · speak, converse
  From PIE *med- (to measure, think, speak). The root captures friendly speech or murmuring together; related to Sanskrit muditā (gladness, joy in another's success).
• i — ending · aorist marker
  Third person singular aorist (or second person singular aorist in alternative reading); marks simple past tense.

Analysis. sam- (together) + modi (root meaning to speak, greet); the prefix sam- marks the reciprocal or shared nature of the greeting or conversation.

Etymology. sam- (together, completely) + √mud or √mod (to speak, converse). The root is related to Sanskrit muditā (gladness, friendly rejoicing) and ultimately to PIE *med- (to measure, consider, think), which also underlies English 'mood'. The prefix sam- brings the concrete sense of 'together' into the conversational exchange.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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