chandánō

chandánō agr. χᾰνδᾰ́νω 'fassen, halten, fähig sein'

For *χαδάνω (with -χανδ- imported from other forms of the paradigm), from a nasal-infixed and -suffixed present from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”). Compare λαμβάνω (lambánō). Cognate with Latin prehendō, English get, Albanian gjej.

Pronunciation IPA^(key): /kʰan.dá.nɔː/ → /xanˈda.no/ → /xanˈda.no/

Verb

χᾰνδᾰ́νω • (khandánō)(chiefly Epic)

1. (transitive) to take in, hold, comprise, contain
2. (figuratively, intransitive) to be capable [+infinitive = of doing]