κρητίζω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Κρήτη (Krḗtē, “Krete”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ízō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krɛː.tíz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kre̝ˈti.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kriˈti.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kriˈti.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kriˈti.zo/
Verb
[edit]κρητίζω • (krētízō)
- (literal) to act like a person from the island of Crete
- to tell lies, since Cretans were said to be notorious liars
Inflection
[edit] Present: κρητίζω, κρητίζομαι
Further reading
[edit]- “κρητίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρητίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κρητίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette