εκπρόσωπος

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned back-formation from εκπροσωπώ (ekprosopó) with -ος (-os) ending.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ekˈpɾo.so.pos/
  • Hyphenation: εκ‧πρό‧σω‧πος

Noun

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εκπρόσωπος (ekprósoposm or f (plural εκπρόσωποι)

  1. representative (one who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity)
    Near-synonyms: αντιπρόσωπος (antiprósopos), πληρεξούσιος (plirexoúsios)
  2. representative (one who is taken as typical of a class)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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