εξερευνώ

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἐξερευνῶ (exereunô) < ἐξ (ex) + ἐρευνῶ (ereunô). A semantic loan from French explorer or from English explore.[1] By surface analysis, εξ- (ex-, from) +‎ ερευνώ (erevnó, search, investigage).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.kse.ɾevˈno/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧ξε‧ρευ‧νώ
  • Old Hyphenation: εξ‧ε‧ρευ‧νώ

Verb

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εξερευνώ (exerevnó) / εξερευνάω (past εξερεύνησα, passive εξερευνώμαι, p‑past εξερευνήθηκα, ppp εξερευνημένος)

  1. to explore, investigate
    Εξερευνώ όλες τις δυνατότητες.Exerevnó óles tis dynatótites.I explore all the possibilities.

Conjugation

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A formal verb, with a less common colloquial present ending -άω, εξερευνάω (exerevnáo). Compare to ερευνάω/ερευνώ (erevnáo/erevnó).

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and see: ερευνάω/ερευνώ (erevnáo/erevnó, search, investigate)

References

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