διεκδικώ

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διεκδικῶ (diekdikô, to take revenge) with semantic loan from Latin vindicō and later from French revendiquer.[1] Morphologically, δι- from δια- (di- from dia-) + ἐκδικῶ (ekdikô, avenge, punish) (uncontracted ἐκδικέω (ekdikéō), for which see the modern εκδικούμαι (ekdikoúmai).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ði.ek.ðiˈko/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧εκ‧δι‧κώ

Verb

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διεκδικώ (diekdikó) (past διεκδίκησα, passive διεκδικούμαι, p‑past διεκδικήθηκα, ppp διεκδικημένος)

  1. to claim, to lay claim to, to stake a claim to
  2. to demand (to claim a right to something)
    Synonym: απαιτώ (apaitó)
  3. to vie for

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ διεκδικώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language