εξερευνώ

See also: ἐξερευνῶ

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἐξερευνῶ (exereunô) < ἐξ (ex) + ἐρευνῶ (ereunô). A semantic loan from French explorer or from English explore.[1] By surface analysis, εξ- (ex-, “from”) +‎ ερευνώ (erevnó, “search, investigage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kse.ɾevˈno/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧ξε‧ρευ‧νώ
  • Old Hyphenation: εξ‧ε‧ρευ‧νώ

Verb

εξερευνώ • (exerevnó) / εξερευνάω (past εξερεύνησα, passive εξερευνώμαι, p‑past εξερευνήθηκα, ppp εξερευνημένος)

  1. to explore, investigate
    Εξερευνώ όλες τις δυνατότητες. ― Exerevnó óles tis dynatótites. ― I explore all the possibilities.

Conjugation

A formal verb, with a less common colloquial present ending -άω, εξερευνάω (exerevnáo). Compare to ερευνάω/ερευνώ (erevnáo/erevnó).

  • ανεξερεύνητος (anexerévnitos, “not explorable; unexplored”)
  • εξερεύνηση f (exerévnisi, “exploration”)
  • εξερευνητής m (exerevnitís, “explorer”) / εξερευνήτρια f (exerevnítria)
  • εξερευνητικός (exerevnitikós, “explorative”)
  • εξερευνημένος (exerevniménos, “explored”, participle)
  • εξερευνήσιμος (exerevnísimos, “explorable; explored”)

and see: ερευνάω/ερευνώ (erevnáo/erevnó, “search, investigate”)

References

  1. εξερευνώ - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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