παρατατικός

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παρατατικός (paratatikós, extending, continuing),[1] from Ancient Greek παρατείνω (parateínō, to stretch out along),[2] perhaps via a participle form παρατετακώς (paratetakṓs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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παρατατικός (paratatikósm (plural παρατατικοί)

  1. (grammar) imperfect, past continuous, past progressive, imperfective past (tense)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ παρατατικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ παρατατικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011