μελετάω

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Greek

Etymology

From modern μελετώ (meletó) (from Ancient Greek μελετῶ (meletô, think), contracted form of μελετάω (meletáō)) + modern suffix -άω (-áo)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.leˈta.o/
  • Hyphenation: με‧λε‧τά‧ω

Verb

μελετάω (meletáo) / μελετώ (past μελέτησα, passive μελετιέμαι/μελετώμαι, p‑past μελετήθηκα, ppp μελετημένος)

  1. to study
    Synonym: διαβάζω (diavázo)
    Μελετάει πάρα πολύ, είναι μελετηρός.Meletáei pára polý, eínai meletirós.Ηe practices a lot, he is very studious.
  2. to practise (UK), practice (US)
    Μελετάει πιάνο τρεις ώρες τη μέρα.Meletáei piáno treis óres ti méra.She practices piano three hours per day.
  3. to contemplate, deliberate
  4. to research, to investigate (mostly in the variant μελετώ (meletó))
    Synonym: ερευνώ (erevnó)
    Το σχέδιο μελετάται από επιτροπή του υπουργείου.
    To schédio meletátai apó epitropí tou ypourgeíou.
    The project is examined by a ministry's committee.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Ladino:
    Hebrew: מילדאר
    Latin: meldar

References

  1. ^ μελετάω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language