νυστάζω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Probably an enlargement in -τάζω of a Proto-Indo-European *snewd- (to slumber, doze); for the formation, compare κλαστάζω (klastázō) and βαστάζω (bastázō, to lift up). Cognates, all found in Baltic, include Lithuanian snústi (to slumber away), snudà (sleeper, dreamer), snáusti (to slumber) (with a different ablaut-grade), and forms with an l-suffix including Lithuanian snaudãlius (sleepy man) and Latvian snaudale (sleepy-head). If this is correct, the old connection with νεύω (neúō, to nod) should be abandoned.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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νυστάζω (nustázō)

  1. to be half asleep, doze, drowse
  2. to hang the head

Inflection

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  • Mainly in the present

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: νυστάζω (nystázo)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νυστάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1028-9

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νυστάζω (nustázō).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niˈsta.zo/
  • Hyphenation: νυ‧στά‧ζω

Verb

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νυστάζω (nystázo) (past νύσταξα, passive —)

  1. (intransitive) to be sleepy, feel tired
    Το μωρό νυστάζει.
    To moró nystázei.
    The baby is tired.
  2. (transitive) to send to sleep

Conjugation

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Antonyms

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See also

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