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voropesi
voropeti
pr 2nd sg of voropeti (verb); aor 3rd sg of voropesi (verb); aor 2nd sg of voropesi (verb)
- voropeti (pr): (of life) deprives (of); removes (from); cuts off (from); takes down (from); lit. causes to ascend down
- voropesi (aor): deprived (of); removed (from); cut off (from); took down (from)
Built from
- ā — prefix · toward, down to
Reversal prefix: here it inverts √ruh 'climb' into the opposite motion 'descend, bring down'. No common European cognate.
- oro — root · ascend, climb
From √ruh 'to rise, ascend', cognate with Sanskrit roha-, Greek ἀγρός (agrós 'field', originally 'rising ground'), and English rise. Prefix ā inverts its sense.
- pe — stem · causative marker
Causative suffix (second singular present voropesi or third singular aorist voropesi) that makes the root transitive: 'cause to ascend' > 'cause to descend' > 'deprive'.
- si — ending · aorist 2nd/3rd singular
Aorist tense marker: marks completed action in past time; -si is 2nd person singular aorist, shared with 3rd singular in this verb class.
Analysis. ā + √ruh (> oro-) + pe + ti; ā ('toward, down to') + √ruh ('ascend, climb') + causative suffix -pe- giving 'cause to ascend', with ā reversing the trajectory to 'cause to descend', hence 'removes, takes away'
Etymology. ā + √ruh ('to climb, ascend') cognate with Sanskrit roha-, Greek ἀγρός (agrós 'field', from 'rising ground'), and English rise. The prefix ā reverses the root's upward motion: instead of 'climb up', ā-ruh becomes 'bring down, remove'.