μεσολαβώ
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μεσολαβῶ (mesolabô, “to catch in the middle, to intercept”),[1] from Ancient Greek μεσολαβέω (mesolabéō, “to seize; to interrupt”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]μεσολαβώ • (mesolavó) (past μεσολάβησα) (intransitive)
- to mediate, to intercede (to act as a mediator)
- to intervene (to come between, or to be between, persons or things)
- to intervene, to intercede (to occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; to pass between)
Conjugation
[edit]μεσολαβώ (active forms only)
| Active voice ➤ | ||||
| Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | ||
| Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | μεσολαβώ | μεσολαβήσω | ||
| 2 sg | μεσολαβείς | μεσολαβήσεις | ||
| 3 sg | μεσολαβεί | μεσολαβήσει | ||
| 1 pl | μεσολαβούμε | μεσολαβήσουμε, [-ομε] | ||
| 2 pl | μεσολαβείτε | μεσολαβήσετε | ||
| 3 pl | μεσολαβούν(ε) | μεσολαβήσουν(ε) | ||
| Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | μεσολαβούσα | μεσολάβησα | ||
| 2 sg | μεσολαβούσες | μεσολάβησες | ||
| 3 sg | μεσολαβούσε | μεσολάβησε | ||
| 1 pl | μεσολαβούσαμε | μεσολαβήσαμε | ||
| 2 pl | μεσολαβούσατε | μεσολαβήσατε | ||
| 3 pl | μεσολαβούσαν(ε) | μεσολάβησαν, μεσολαβήσαν(ε) | ||
| Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | θα μεσολαβώ ➤ | θα μεσολαβήσω ➤ | ||
| 2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα μεσολαβείς, … | θα μεσολαβήσεις, … | ||
| Perfect aspect ➤ | ||||
| Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … μεσολαβήσει | |||
| Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … μεσολαβήσει | |||
| Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … μεσολαβήσει | |||
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | ||
| 2 sg | — | μεσολάβησε | ||
| 2 pl | μεσολαβείτε | μεσολαβήστε | ||
| Other forms | ||||
| Active present participle ➤ | μεσολαβώντας ➤ | |||
| Active perfect participle ➤ | έχοντας μεσολαβήσει ➤ | |||
| Passive perfect participle ➤ | — | |||
| Nonfinite form ➤ | μεσολαβήσει | |||
| Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
• (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Synonyms
[edit]- παρεμβαίνω (paremvaíno)
Derived terms
[edit]- μεσολαβητής m (mesolavitís), μεσολαβήτρια f (mesolavítria)
- μεσολαβητικός (mesolavitikós)
Related terms
[edit]- μεσολάβηση f (mesolávisi)
References
[edit]- ^ μεσολαβώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language