κολάζω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Verb

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

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References

  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

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