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) tilt, lean (something)
  2. (intransitive) tilt, lean (myself)
  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) I 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. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “πλαγιάζω”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
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