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κολάζω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From κόλος (kólos, docked) +‎ -άζω (-ázō, verb suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κολάζω (kolázō)

  1. to check, chastise
  2. to chastise, punish
  3. of a drastic method of checking the growth of the almond-tree
  4. to be badly in need of

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  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

Further reading

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