κατακρατώ

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κατακρατῶ (katakratô, to prevail) with semantic loan from French détenir (to detain) and retenir (to retain).[1] By surface analysis, κατα- (kata-) +‎ κρατώ (krató).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.ta.kɾaˈto/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧τα‧κρα‧τώ

Verb

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κατακρατώ (katakrató) (past κατακράτησα, passive κατακρατούμαι, p‑past κατακρατήθηκα, ppp κατακρατημένος)

  1. (law) to detain unlawfully
  2. (law) to withhold unlawfully
  3. (of a thing) to retain (to hold or keep inside it; to contain)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ κατακρατώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language