εκκολάπτομαι

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Greek

Pronunciation

Verb

εκκολάπτομαι (ekkoláptomai) passive (past εκκολάφθηκα, active εκκολάπτω) and rare colloquial past εκκολάφτηκα

  1. to be pecking out of the egg
  2. (figuratively) to be formed into
    Οι μεγάλοι επιστήμονες του μέλλοντος εκκολάπτονται σ’ αυτό το πανεπιστήμιο.
    Oi megáloi epistímones tou méllontos ekkoláptontai s’ aftó to panepistímio.
    The future great scientists are formed in this university.

Conjugation

for this verb's full conjugation see the active form

Derived terms