πιάνω

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Etymology

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From Byzantine Greek πιάνω (piánō), from earlier πιάζω (piázō, to hold firmly) by metaplasm, with reference to the past stem πιασ- (pias-) and by analogy with the unrelated verb φθάνω (ftháno, to arrive) and its past stem φθασ- (fthas-), from Ancient Greek πιέζω (piézō, to press, squeeze, grasp).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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πιάνω (piáno) (past έπιασα, passive πιάνομαι)

  1. to hold, catch
  2. to catch (a ball, etc)
  3. to touch
  4. (colloquial, related to a place) to rent
  5. (related to a place) to occupy, fill
    Έχεις πιάσει όλο το κρεβάτι με τις ποδάρες σου.
    Écheis piásei ólo to kreváti me tis podáres sou.
    You're taking up the entire bed with your big feet.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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