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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek *ἐπιβι(ῶ) + -ώνω (-óno), the former, of -όω (-óō) conjugation, attested in the aorist form ἐπεβίων (epebíōn, “I continued to live”) of *ἐπιβιόω "to live over", from ἐπι- (epi-) + βιόω (bióō), with semantic loan from French survivre and English survive.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.pi.viˈo.no/
- Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧βι‧ώ‧νω
Verb
επιβιώνω • (epivióno) (past επιβίωσα, passive —)
- to survive, to continue to live or exist
Conjugation
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