ζωντόβολο
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ζωντόβολον (zōntóbolon), initially "household pet", from ζάω (záō, “to live, to be alive”) + βόλον (bólon, “put, placed”), from verb βάλλω (bállō, “to put, to place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zonˈdovolo/
- Hyphenation: ζω‧ντό‧βο‧λο
Noun
ζωντόβολο • (zontóvolo) n (plural ζωντόβολα)
- (vernacular, demotic, dated, literally) beast, animal
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive, figuratively) boor, blockhead, lummox (dimwitted and clumsy person)
- Πάλι κατόρθωσε να σπάσει τα βάζα μου αυτό το ζωντόβολο! ― Páli katórthose na spásei ta váza mou aftó to zontóvolo! ― That big lummox managed to break my vases again!
Declension
declension of ζωντόβολο
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ζωντόβολο • | ζωντόβολα • |
genitive | ζωντόβολου • | ζωντόβολων • |
accusative | ζωντόβολο • | ζωντόβολα • |
vocative | ζωντόβολο • | ζωντόβολα • |
Synonyms
- βλάκας m (vlákas, “moron, idiot”)
Related terms
- ζωο- (zoo-)
- ζώο n (zóo, “animal”) and derivatives
- ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
- ζωντανός (zontanós, “alive”)
- and see: ζωή f (zoḯ, “life”)
References
- ζωντόβολο in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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