στύβω

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Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek στείβω (steíbō). Its stems στει-, στoι- and στι- resulted into multiple spellings of the modern verb and some of its derivatives. Also, the stem στυ‑ from ancient verb στῡ́φω (stū́phō, I draw my lips together by bad taste) introduced through paretymology one more spelling. See notes.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstivo/ (for all spellings)
  • Hyphenation: στύ‧βω

Verb

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στύβω (stývo) (past έστυψα, passive στύβομαι)

  1. to squeeze, wring (to force out liquid)

Usage notes

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  • Three spellings for this verb (see Etymology): στύβω[1] (recommended standard), στείβω[2] (etymologially informed, similar to ancient spelling) and the rare στίβω. (Conjugation endings and pronunciation are not affected.)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Spelt with any of the alternative spellings:

Expressions (idiomatic):

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With unchangeable spellings, from ancient stems στι-, στοι-

References

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  1. ^ στύβω”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ στύβω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
    With comments on his recommended spelling: 'στείβω'.