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Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ἐξυπόλυτος (exupólutos), from Koine Greek ἐξυπολύω (exupolúō), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to untie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ksiˈpolitos/
- Hyphenation: ξυ‧πό‧λυ‧τος
Adjective
ξυπόλυτος • (xypólytos) m (feminine ξυπόλυτη, neuter ξυπόλυτο)
- barefoot, barefooted, shoeless
- Synonyms: ανυπόδητος (anypóditos), απαπούτσωτος (apapoútsotos), ξεκάλτσωτος (xekáltsotos)
Μη μπαίνεις στο υπόγειο ξυπόλυτος, έχει σπασμένο γυαλί!- Mi baíneis sto ypógeio xypólytos, échei spasméno gyalí!
- Don't go into the basement barefoot, there's broken glass!
- (colloquial, figuratively) dirt-poor, destitute
- Synonyms: πάμπτωχος (pámptochos), θεόφτωχος (theóftochos)
Τι πας και παντρεύεσαι αυτόν τον ξυπόλυτο;- Ti pas kai pantrévesai aftón ton xypólyto;
- What are you marrying that dirt-poor man for?
Declension
Derived terms
- ξυπολιέμαι (xypoliémai, “to take off one's shoes”)
- ξυπολυσιά f (xypolysiá, “shoelessness, barefootedness”)
- ξυπόλυτος στ' αγκάθια (xypólytos st' agkáthia, “unprepared”, literally “barefoot into the thorns”)