επιβιώνω

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek *ἐπιβι(ῶ) + -ώνω (-óno), the former, of -όω (-óō) conjugation, attested in the aorist form ἐπεβίων (epebíōn, “I continued to live”) of *ἐπιβιόω "to live over", from ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ βιόω (bióō), with semantic loan from French survivre and English survive.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.pi.viˈo.no/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧βι‧ώ‧νω

Verb

επιβιώνω • (epivióno) (past επιβίωσα, passive —)

  1. to survive, to continue to live or exist

Conjugation

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References

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