ταλαντεύομαι

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ταλαντεύομαι (talanteúomai).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.lanˈde.vo.me/
  • Hyphenation: τα‧λα‧ντεύ‧ο‧μαι

Verb

ταλαντεύομαι • (talantévomai) deponent (past ταλαντεύτηκα/ταλαντεύθηκα)

  1. to oscillate (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  2. to sway, to vacillate (to move or swing from side to side, or backward and forward, or unsteadily; to rock)
  3. to vacillate, to waver (to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another)
    Synonyms: αμφιταλαντεύομαι (amfitalantévomai), αμφιρρέπω (amfirrépo)
    Near-synonym: διστάζω (distázo)

Conjugation

References

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