λυγίζω

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos, “flexible twig”).

Verb

λυγίζω • (lygízo) (past λύγισα)

1. to bend, flex

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• αλυγισία f (alygisía, “inflexibility”)
• αλύγιστος (alýgistos, “inflexible”)
• λυγαριά f (lygariá, “wicker”)
• λυγιστός (lygistós, “flexible”)
• λύγισμα n (lýgisma, “bending”)

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λύγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 874