ζωντόβολο
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek ζωντόβολον (zōntóbolon), initially "household pet", from ζάω (záō, “to live, to be alive”) βόλον (bólon, “put, placed”), from verb βάλλω (bállō, “to put, to place”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ζωντόβολο • (zontóvolo) n (plural ζωντόβολα)
- (vernacular, demotic, dated, literally) beast, animal
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive, figuratively) boor, blockhead, lummox (dimwitted and clumsy person)
- Πάλι κατόρθωσε να σπάσει τα βάζα μου αυτό το ζωντόβολο!
- Páli katórthose na spásei ta váza mou aftó to zontóvolo!
- That big lummox managed to break my vases again!
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ζωντόβολο (zontóvolo) | ζωντόβολα (zontóvola) |
| genitive | ζωντόβολου (zontóvolou) | ζωντόβολων (zontóvolon) |
| accusative | ζωντόβολο (zontóvolo) | ζωντόβολα (zontóvola) |
| vocative | ζωντόβολο (zontóvolo) | ζωντόβολα (zontóvola) |
Synonyms
[edit]- βλάκας m (vlákas, “moron, idiot”)
Related terms
[edit]- ζωο- (zoo-)
- ζώο n (zóo, “animal”) and derivatives
- ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
- ζωντανός (zontanós, “alive”)
- and see: ζωή f (zoḯ, “life”)
References
[edit]- ζωντόβολο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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