κατεβάζω

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κατεβάζω (katebázō), with -ε- from κατέβασα (katébasa), past tense of καταβάζω (katabázō), from Ancient Greek καταβιβάζω (katabibázō),^[1] from κατα- (kata-) +‎ βιβάζω (bibázō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.teˈva.zo/
Hyphenation: κα‧τε‧βά‧ζω

Verb

κατεβάζω • (katevázo) (past κατέβασα, ppp κατεβασμένος) (transitive)

to lower (to cause to descend)
to take down, to bring down (from higher to lower, or from north to south)
to pull down (to make lower by pulling)
to drop off, to let off, to put down (to allow passengers to alight from a vehicle)
to get out (to help, induce or force (someone) to leave)
to depose, to bring down (to remove (a leader) from (high) office)
to put forward (:proposal, nomination)
to put away, to down (to consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities)
(of a lactating female mammal) to give, to produce (:milk)
(linguistics) to shift (:stress to the following syllable)
(of theatrical performances) to close, to discontinue
(computing) to download
to lower (to reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of)
to lower (to reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.)

Usage notes

κατεβάζω (katevázo) is transitive. See κατεβαίνω (katevaíno, “to descend, to go down”) for the corresponding intransitive sense.

Conjugation

κατεβάζω (active forms only plus passive perfect participle)

	Active voice ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect ➤	Perfective aspect ➤
Non-past tenses ➤	Present ➤	Dependent ➤
1 sg	κατεβάζω	κατεβάσω
2 sg	κατεβάζεις	κατεβάσεις
3 sg	κατεβάζει	κατεβάσει

1 pl	κατεβάζουμε, [‑ομε]	κατεβάσουμε, [‑ομε]
2 pl	κατεβάζετε	κατεβάσετε
3 pl	κατεβάζουν(ε)	κατεβάσουν(ε)

Past tenses ➤	Imperfect ➤	Simple past ➤
1 sg	κατέβαζα	κατέβασα
2 sg	κατέβαζες	κατέβασες
3 sg	κατέβαζε	κατέβασε

1 pl	κατεβάζαμε	κατεβάσαμε
2 pl	κατεβάζατε	κατεβάσατε
3 pl	κατέβαζαν, κατεβάζαν(ε)	κατέβασαν, κατεβάσαν(ε)

Future tenses ➤	Continuous ➤	Simple ➤
1 sg	θα κατεβάζω ➤	θα κατεβάσω ➤
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl	θα κατεβάζεις, …	θα κατεβάσεις, …

	Perfect aspect ➤
Present perfect ➤	έχω, έχεις, … κατεβάσει έχω, έχεις, … κατεβασμένο, ‑η, ‑ο ➤	είμαι, είσαι, … κατεβασμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ (also passive voice)
Past perfect ➤	είχα, είχες, … κατεβάσει είχα, είχες, … κατεβασμένο, ‑η, ‑ο	ήμουν, ήσουν, … κατεβασμένος, ‑η, ‑ο
Future perfect ➤	θα έχω, θα έχεις, … κατεβάσει θα έχω, θα έχεις, … κατεβασμένο, ‑η, ‑ο	θα είμαι, θα είσαι, … κατεβασμένος, ‑η, ‑ο

Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).

Imperative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect	Perfective aspect
2 sg	κατέβαζε	κατέβασε
2 pl	κατεβάζετε	κατεβάστε

Other forms
Active present participle ➤	κατεβάζοντας ➤
Active perfect participle ➤	έχοντας κατεβάσει ➤
Passive perfect participle ➤	κατεβασμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤

Nonfinite form ➤	κατεβάσει


Notes Appendix:Greek verbs	• (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

Antonyms

ανεβάζω (anevázo)

Derived terms

κατέβασμα n (katévasma)

References

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

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

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