πλαγιάζω

Greek

Etymology

From Hellenistic Koine Greek πλαγιάζω (plagiázō, turn sideways). The sense "lean", since Medieval times.[1]

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /plaˈʝa.zo/ (pronounced with synizesis of [i]+[a])
  • Hyphenation: πλα‧γιά‧ζω

Verb

πλαγιάζω • (plagiázo) (past πλάγιασα, passive —)

  1. (transitive) to tilt, lean (something)
  2. (intransitive) to tilt, lean (oneself)
  3. (intransitive) to lie, to lie down
  4. (nautical) to sail close to the wind
Conjugation
  • πλαγιά f (plagiá, slope, side)
  • πλάγιος (plágios, oblique, slanting, adjective)
  • πλάγιασμα n (plágiasma, going to bed)
  • πλαγιασμένος (plagiasménos, participle)
  • πλαγιαστός (plagiastós, recumbent, sloping, adjective)
  • πλαγιο- (plagio-, idicating from the side)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /pla.ʝiˈa.zo/
  • Hyphenation: πλα‧γι‧ά‧ζω

Verb

πλαγιάζω • (plagiázo) (past πλαγίασα, passive —)

  1. (grammar, syntax, linguistics, transitive) to use indirect speech [2]
Conjugation
  • πλαγιασμός m (plagiasmós)
  • πλαγιασμένος (plagiasménos, participle)
  • and see: πλάγιος (plágios, oblique)

References

  1. πλαγιάζω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. πλαγιάζω - 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.
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