εφοπλιστής

Greek

Etymology

εφοπλ- (efopl-, “to stock ship, equip, get ready”) +‎ -ιστής (-istís, “-ist, -er”), a calque of French armateur (literally “one who "arms" or equips a ship”).^[1] The first component, a prefixed form of the verb εφοπλίζω (efoplízo), is synchronically analyzable as επι- (epi-, “on-”) +‎ οπλίζω (oplízo, “to arm, equip”). First attested 1840.

Pronunciation

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Noun

εφοπλιστής • (efoplistís) m (plural εφοπλιστές, feminine εφοπλίστρια)

(nautical) shipowner

Declension

Declension of εφοπλιστής

	singular	plural
nominative	εφοπλιστής •	εφοπλιστές •
genitive	εφοπλιστή •	εφοπλιστών •
accusative	εφοπλιστή •	εφοπλιστές •
vocative	εφοπλιστή •	εφοπλιστές •

Related terms

see: πλοίο n (ploío, “ship”)

References

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

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

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