επιζώ

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιζῶ (epizô) with semantic loan from French survivre and English survive.[1] By surface analysis, επι- (epi-) +‎ ζω (zo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.piˈzo/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧ζώ

Verb

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επιζώ (epizó) (past επέζησα, passive —)

  1. to survive (to live past a life-threatening event)
  2. to survive, to outlive (to live longer than)
  3. (figuratively) to survive, to live on (of an object or concept, to continue to exist)

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References

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