στύβω

• στείβω (steívo) (linguistically informed spelling)
• στίβω (stívo) (rare spelling)
• see notes

From Ancient Greek στείβω (steíbō). Its stems στει-, στoι- and στι- resulted into multiple spellings of the modern verb and some of its derivatives. Also, the stem στυ‑ from ancient verb στῡ́φω (stū́phō, “I draw my lips together by bad taste”) introduced through paretymology one more spelling. See notes.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstivo/ (for all spellings)
• Hyphenation: στύ‧βω

στύβω • (stývo) (past έστυψα, passive στύβομαι)

1. to squeeze, wring (to force out liquid)

• Three spellings for this verb (see Etymology): στύβω^[1] (recommended standard), στείβω^[2] (etymologially informed, similar to ancient spelling) and the rare στίβω. (Conjugation endings and pronunciation are not affected.)

• ξεζουμίζω (xezoumízo, “to squeeze the juice out of”)
• στραγγίζω (strangízo, “to wring”)

Spelt with any of the alternative spellings:

• άστυφτος (ástyftos, “not wrung”)
• λεμονοστύφτης m (lemonostýftis, “lemon squeezer”)
• στυμμένος (stymménos, “squeezed”, participle)
• στύφτης m (stýftis, “squeezer”)
• στύψιμο n (stýpsimo, “wringing of something wet”)

Expressions (idiomatic):

• σα(ν) στυμμένη λεμονόκουπα (sa(n) stymméni lemonókoupa, “(disposed after being exploited) like a squeezed lemon peel”)
• στύβω το μυαλό μου (stývo to myaló mou, “I think hard”, literally “I squeeze my brain”)
• στύβω σα(ν) λεμόνι (stývo sa(n) lemóni, “I press mercilessely”, literally “I squeeze like a lemon”)
• στύβω την πέτρα (stývo tin pétra, “I am very strong and capable”, literally “I squeeze the stone”)

With unchangeable spellings, from ancient stems στι-, στοι-

• στιβάδα (stiváda)
• στιβαρός (stivarós)
• στίβος (stívos)
• στοιβάζω (stoivázo)