πίσω

From Byzantine Greek πίσω (písō), from an aphetic form of Ancient Greek ὀπίσω (opísō).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiso/
• Hyphenation: πί‧σω
• Homophone: πείσω (peíso)

πίσω • (píso)

1. behind, back

• εμπρός (emprós, “before”)
• μπροστά (brostá, “before”)

• κάνω πίσω (káno píso, “to recoil, to pull back”)

• πίσω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language