αναλώ

See also: ἀναλῶ

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anaˈlo/
  • Hyphenation: α‧να‧λώ

Verb

αναλώ (analó)

  1. Monotonic form of ἀναλῶ (ἀnalῶ) contracted form of ἀναλόω (analóō), alternative form of ἀνᾱλίσκω (anālískō, use up, spend)

Verb

αναλώ, αναλάω (analó, analáo) (imperfect αναλούσα) (Demotic, Medieval)[1]

  1. melt (make something liquid by heat)
    Synonyms: λειώνω (leióno), λιώνω (lióno), τήκω (tíko)
  2. (figuratively) be exhausted, discourage
  3. dissolve
    Synonym: διαλύω (dialýo)

Usage notes

  • Όλα τα χιόνια αναλούν κι όλες οι βρύσες τρέχουν
    μά ο πόνος πού 'χω στην καρδιά δεν αναλάει, δεν τρέχει.
    Óla ta chiónia analoún ki óles oi vrýses tréchoun
    má o pónos poú 'cho stin kardiá den analáei, den tréchei.
    All snows melt and all water springs flow
    but my heart's pain does not melt, does not flow away. (Demotic song[2])

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • αναλάω (analáo) (uncontracted form, demotic)
  • αναλύω (analýo) (sense: dissolve, melt of the contemporary word)
  • αναλυώ (analyó) (ἀναλυῶ) (mediaeval form)
  • αναλυώνω (analyóno) (demotic), αναλειώνω (mediaeval spelling)
  • ανελώ (aneló) (less common, demotic)

References

  1. αναλώ in Kriaras, Emmanuel. (n.d.) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (11001669) Vols. IXIV.] (in Greek), Online edition
  2. Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
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