κολάζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόλος (kólos, docked) +‎ -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō, verb suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κολᾰ́ζω • (kolắzō)

  1. to check; to chastise
  2. to chastise; to punish!
  3. to be badly in need of

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κολάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 734

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