απολιθώνω

Greek

Verb

απολιθώνω • (apolithóno) (past απολίθωσα, passive απολιθώνομαι, ppp απολιθωμένος)

1. (paleontology, geology) to fossilise (UK), fossilize (US), petrify
2. (figuratively) to petrify (with fear, etc)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• see: απολίθωμα n (apolíthoma, “fossil”)

Further reading

• απολίθωμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• απολιθώνω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language