πατώνω

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek πατώνω (patṓnō), from πάτος (pátos, floor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈto.no/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧τώ‧νω

Verb

πατώνω (patóno) (past πάτωσα, passive —)

  1. (transitive) to floor (cover or furnish with a floor)
    Πρώτα απ’ όλα, θα πατώσουν το σπίτι και μετά θα χτίσουν τους τοίχους.
    Próta ap’ óla, tha patósoun to spíti kai metá tha chtísoun tous toíchous.
    First of all, they’ll floor the house and then they'll build the walls.
  2. (transitive) to bottom (furnish with a bottom)
    Ο βαρελάς πατώνει το βαρέλι.
    O varelás patónei to varéli.
    The cooper is bottoming the barrel.
  3. (transitive) to tamp down (compact a substance until it is flat)
    Ο παππούς πατώνει τον καπνό στην πίπα του.
    O pappoús patónei ton kapnó stin pípa tou.
    Grandad is tamping down the tobacco in his pipe.
  4. (intransitive, mainly of the sea or rivers) to touch the bottom, touch the ground (be able to touch the seabed or riverbed)
    Δεν πατώνω εδώ!
    Den patóno edó!
    I’m not touching bottom out here!
  5. (intransitive, figuratively, of exams, contests, elections etc) to fail, come last
    Σ’ αυτές τις εξετάσεις σίγουρα θα πατώσω επειδή δεν μελέτησα.
    S’ aftés tis exetáseis sígoura tha patóso epeidí den melétisa.
    I’m surely going to fail these exams since I didn't study.

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