διεκδικώ

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διεκδικῶ (diekdikô, to take revenge) with semantic loan from Latin vindicō and later from French revendiquer.[1] Morphologically, δι- from δια- (di- from dia-) + ἐκδικῶ (ekdikô, avenge, punish) (uncontracted ἐκδικέω (ekdikéō), for which see the modern εκδικούμαι (ekdikoúmai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ði.ek.ðiˈko/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧εκ‧δι‧κώ

Verb

διεκδικώ • (diekdikó) (past διεκδίκησα, passive διεκδικούμαι, p‑past διεκδικήθηκα, ppp διεκδικημένος)

  1. to claim, to lay claim to, to stake a claim to
  2. to demand (to claim a right to something)
    Synonym: απαιτώ (apaitó)
  3. to vie for

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • διεκδίκηση f (diekdíkisi)
  • διεκδικητής m (diekdikitís), διεκδικήτρια f (diekdikítria)
  • διεκδικητικός (diekdikitikós)

References

  1. ^ διεκδικώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language