παύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Disputed. Some sources trace the word back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, in which case it would be cognate with Old Armenian հաւ (haw, beginning), but Beekes says there are Pre-Greek cognates outside of Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

παύω (paúō)

  1. to make to cease
    1. (with accusative) to bring to an end, check
      1. (mostly of things) to make an end of, stop, abate
    2. (with accusative of person, genitive of object) to make to rest, stop, hinder, keep back from
    3. (rarely with genitive only) to make an end of
    4. (with present participle) to stop a person from doing or being
    5. (rarely with the infinitive) to stop
  2. (intransitive, in imperative) cease, leave off

Inflection

References


Greek

Verb

παύω (pávo) (simple past έπαψα, έπαυσα)

  1. stop, cease
    έπαψα να πηγαίνωépapsa na pigaínoI stopped going
  2. pause
  3. depose, relieve of duties
    Ο πρωθυπουργός έπαυσε τον υπουργό.O prothypourgós épafse ton ypourgó.The prime minister was removed from office.

Conjugation

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