μαυρίζω

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Byzantine Greek μαυρίζω from Ancient Greek μαῦρος (maûros). Sense vote against from an old way of voting with small spherical 'votes', white (positive) and black (negative).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈvrizo/
  • Hyphenation: μαυ‧ρί‧ζω

Verb

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μαυρίζω (mavrízo) (past μαύρισα), passive μαυρίζομαι[2]

  1. (active voice)
    1. (transitive) to blacken, make black
    2. (intransitive) to blacken, become black
    3. (intransitive) to tan, suntan
  2. (also for passive voice)
    1. to vote against (for a person)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ μαυρίζω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  2. ^ * Passive form exists according to μαυρίζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language