αναφύομαι

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰφῠ́ομαι (anaphúomai, I am grown again) of active ᾰ̓νᾰφῠ́ω. The figurative sense, a semantic loan from French surgir.[1][2] Morphologically, from ανα- (again) +‎ φύομαι (fýomai, grow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.naˈfi.o.me/
  • Hyphenation: α‧να‧φύ‧ο‧μαι

Verb

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αναφύομαι (anafýomai) deponent found chiefly in the present and imperfect tenses

  1. (intransitive, formal, figuratively) to spring up, arise (e.g. of problems, new issues)
    Synonyms: προκύπτω (prokýpto), εμφανίζομαι (emfanízomai), ξεφυτρώνω (xefytróno)
    Το πρόγραμμα εκτελείτο απρόσκοπτα, αλλά ξαφνικά ανεφύησαν προβλήματα
    To prógramma ekteleíto apróskopta, allá xafniká anefýisan provlímata
    The programme was running smoothly, but suddenly, problems have sprung up.
  2. (intransitive, literally and figuratively) to grow again
    Synonym: ξαναφυτρώνω (xanafytróno)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ αναφύομαι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ αναφύομαι - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary, Centre for the Greek language