προσφεύγω

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek προσφεύγω (prospheúgō, “to flee for refuge to”).[1] By surface analysis, προσ- (pros-) +‎ φεύγω (févgo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈsfev.ɣo/
  • Hyphenation: προ‧σφεύ‧γω

Verb

προσφεύγω • (prosfévgo) (past προσέφυγα) (intransitive) [with σε (se, + accusative) ‘to’]

  1. to turn to, to resort (to consult for help; to have recourse to)
  2. (law) to appeal

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

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