πιέζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pisd- (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Sanskrit पीडयति (pīḍáyati).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.éz.dɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈɛ.zo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈe.zo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈe.zo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈe.zo/

Verb

πῐέζω • (piézō)

(transitive) To squeeze
(transitive, figuratively) To repress, stifle

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

πῐ́εσῐς (píesis)

Descendants

→ English: piezo-

Further reading

πιέζω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πιέζω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πιέζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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