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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek βηματίζω (bēmatízō, to pace (measure by walking)).[1] By surface analysis, βήμα, βήματος (víma, vímatos, step) +‎ -ίζω (-ízo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vi.maˈti.zo/
  • Hyphenation: βη‧μα‧τί‧ζω

Verb

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βηματίζω (vimatízo) (past βημάτισα)

  1. (intransitive) to pace, to step (to walk back and forth in a small distance)

Conjugation

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References

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