σκοτωμός
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σκοτωμός (skotōmós), from Ancient Greek σκοτόω (skotóō, “to kill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skotoˈmos/
- Hyphenation: σκο‧τω‧μός
Noun
σκοτωμός • (skotomós) m (plural σκοτωμοί)
- killing (act of ending someone's life)
- Ο σκοτωμός του δεν είχε νόημα.
- O skotomós tou den eíche nóima.
- There was no sense to his killing.
- (more generally) massacre, slaughter, carnage (killing of a considerable number)
- Ο σκοτωμός στα Καλάβρυτα το 1943 έγινε από τους ναζιστές.
- O skotomós sta Kalávryta to 1943 égine apó tous nazistés.
- The slaughter in Kalavryta in 1943 was carried out by the Nazis.
- (colloquial, figuratively) crush, scramble, scuffle (violent crowding)
- Γινόταν σκοτωμός για το τελευταίο εισιτήριο.
- Ginótan skotomós gia to teleftaío eisitírio.
- There was a mad scramble for the last ticket.
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- του σκοτωμού (tou skotomoú, “madly, hurriedly”)
Related terms
- σκοτώνω (skotóno, “to kill”)
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