μαζεύω

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μαζεύω (mazeúō) from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὁμαδεύω (homadeúō, collect) (see ὁμάς (homás, the whole)). By false etymology related to μαζί (mazí, together). [1] and μᾶζα (mâza, barley-bread).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ˈze.vo/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧ζεύ‧ω

Verb

μαζεύω (mazévo) active (simple past μάζεψα, passive μαζεύομαι)

  1. collect, gather, get in, harvest
  2. collect, pick up
  3. furl, gather

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • μαζώνω (mazóno, collect, gather) (vernacular)

Antonyms

  • σκορπίζω (skorpízo, scatter, disperse), σκορπάω (skorpáo)

Derived terms

  • αμάζευτος (amázeftos, ungathered)
  • απομαζεύω (apomazévo)
  • μάζεμα n (mázema, the collecting, gathering, picking)
  • παραμαζεύω (paramazévo)
  • περιμαζεύω (perimazévo)
  • συμμαζεύω (symmazévo)

Semantically related (associated by false etymology):

  • μάζα f (máza, mass)
  • μαζικός (mazikós, mass, adjective)
  • μαζώνω (mazóno, collect, gather) (vernacular)

References

  1. μαζεύω in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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