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αποσταίνω

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Etymology

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Inherited from Byzantine Greek ἀποσταίνω (apostaínō), through its passive aorist ἀποστάθηκα (apostáthēka) from stem αποστ- (apost-) of the ancient verb ἀφίσταμαι (aphístamai, withdraw, stop) and metaplasm to the verb suffix -αίνω (-aíno) in the pattern of verbs like ζεστάθηκα (zestáthika) ~ ζεσταίνω (zestaíno). Also see the Hellenistic form ἀφιστάνω (aphistánō).[1][2]

A rare spelling αποστένω (aposténo), according to Andriotis,[3] from the passive past ἀποστάθηκα (apostáthēka) of the Mediaeval form ἀποστέκω (apostékō).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.poˈste.no/
  • Hyphenation: α‧πο‧σταί‧νω

Verb

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αποσταίνω (apostaíno) (past απόστασα, passive —)

  1. (literary, colloquial) to tire, get tired
    Antonym: ξαποσταίνω (xapostaíno)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ αποσταίνω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ αποσταίνω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  3. ^ αποσταίνω - Andriotis (Ανδριώτης), Nikolaos Pantelis (1983) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Etymological Dictionary of Koine Neo-Hellenic] (in Greek, polytonic) 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1951), Thessaloniki: Aristotelian University, the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.