εκπίπτω

See also: ἐκπίπτω

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἐκπίπτω (ekpíptō); synchronically analyzable as εκ- (ek-) + πίπτω (pípto)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekˈpi.pto/
  • Hyphenation: εκ‧πί‧πτω

Verb

εκπίπτω (ekpípto) (past εξέπεσα, passive —, ppp εκπεσμένος)

  1. (intransitive, formal) extracted discount amount (of money, taxes)
  2. (intransitive, formal) lose (rank, position)
  3. (intransitive, formal) fall into disrepute, fall from grace

Usage notes

  • Syntax: εκπίπτω + από (apó, from) + accusative case
    formal: + genitive case
  • The ancient distinction of transitive ἐκπίπτω (ekpíptō) & passive sense ἐκπίπτομαι (ekpíptomai) is not[1][2] retained in Modern Greek (but is proposed at Babiniotis Dictionary[3])

Conjugation

  • εκπεσμός m (ekpesmós)
  • εκπεσών (ekpesón, fallen from grace, participle) (archaic) ἐκπεσών (ekpesṓn)
  • έκπτωση f (ékptosi, discount; fallfing from office)
  • εκπτωτικός (ekptotikós, discount)
  • έκπτωτος (ékptotos, fallen from office)
  • and see: πίπτω (pípto, I fall)

See also

  • ξεπέφτω (xepéfto)

References

  1. εκπίπτω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Jordanidou, Anna (2004) Τα ρήματα της νέας ελληνικής [Modern Greek Verbs], Athens: Patakis Publishers
  3. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), εκπίπτω”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
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