επιζώ
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιζῶ (epizô) with semantic loan from French survivre and English survive.[1] By surface analysis, επι- (epi-) + ζω (zo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.piˈzo/
- Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧ζώ
Verb
επιζώ • (epizó) (past επέζησα, passive —)
- to survive (to live past a life-threatening event)
- to survive, to outlive (to live longer than)
- (figuratively) to survive, to live on (of an object or concept, to continue to exist)
Conjugation
επιζώ (active forms only)
| Active voice ➤ | ||||
| Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | ||
| Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | επιζήσω | |||
| 2 sg | επιζείς | επιζήσεις | ||
| 3 sg | επιζεί | επιζήσει | ||
| 1 pl | επιζούμε | επιζήσουμε, [-ομε] | ||
| 2 pl | επιζείτε | επιζήσετε | ||
| 3 pl | επιζούν(ε) | επιζήσουν(ε) | ||
| Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | επιζούσα | επέζησα | ||
| 2 sg | επιζούσες | επέζησες | ||
| 3 sg | επιζούσε | επέζησε | ||
| 1 pl | επιζούσαμε | επιζήσαμε | ||
| 2 pl | επιζούσατε | επιζήσατε | ||
| 3 pl | επιζούσαν(ε) | επέζησαν, επιζήσαν(ε) | ||
| Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | θα ➤ | θα επιζήσω ➤ | ||
| 2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα επιζείς, … | θα επιζήσεις, … | ||
| Perfect aspect ➤ | ||||
| Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … επιζήσει | |||
| Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … επιζήσει | |||
| Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … επιζήσει | |||
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | ||
| 2 sg | — | επέζησε | ||
| 2 pl | επιζείτε | επιζήστε | ||
| Other forms | ||||
| Active present participle ➤ | επιζώντας ➤ | |||
| Active perfect participle ➤ | έχοντας επιζήσει ➤ | |||
| Passive perfect participle ➤ | — | |||
| Nonfinite form ➤ | επιζήσει | |||
| Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
• (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Synonyms
- επιβιώνω (epivióno)
Derived terms
- επιζών (epizón)
References
- ^ επιζώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language