προσγειώνω
Greek
editEtymology
editLearnedly from Koine Greek πρόσγειος (prósgeios, “near the earth”) + -ώνω (-óno), a calque of French atterrir, with semantic loan from English bring down to earth.[1] By surface analysis, προσ- (pros-, “towards”) + γη (gi, “earth”) + -ώνω (-óno).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editπροσγειώνω • (prosgeióno) (past προσγείωσα, passive προσγειώνομαι)
- (aviation) to land
- (figuratively) to disillusion, bring down to earth
Conjugation
editπροσγειώνω προσγειώνομαι
Synonyms
edit- πέφτω απ' τα σύννεφα (péfto ap' ta sýnnefa, “coming down to earth”) (lit: fall from the clouds)
Antonyms
editRelated terms
edit- προσγειωμένος (prosgeioménos, participle)
- προσγείωση f (prosgeíosi, “landing”)
- προσθαλασσώνω (prosthalassóno, “"land" on the sea surface”)
- προσσεληνώνω (prosselinóno, “land on the Moon”)
References
edit- ^ προσγειώνω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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