μαζεύω

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μαζεύω (mazeúō) from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὁμαδεύω (homadeúō, “collect”) (see ἡ ὁμάς (homás, “the whole”)). Adapted to μαζί (mazí, “together”)[1] and μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-bread”)[2] by folk etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈze.vo/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧ζεύ‧ω

Verb

μαζεύω • (mazévo) active (past μάζεψα, passive μαζεύομαι)

  1. to collect, gather, get in, harvest
  2. to collect, pick up
  3. to furl, gather

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • μαζώνω (mazóno, “collect, gather”) (vernacular)

Antonyms

  • σκορπίζω (skorpízo, “scatter, disperse”), σκορπάω (skorpáo)

Derived terms

  • αμάζευτος (amázeftos, “ungathered”)
  • απομαζεύω (apomazévo)
  • μάζεμα n (mázema, “the collecting, gathering, picking”)
  • παραμαζεύω (paramazévo)
  • περιμαζεύω (perimazévo)
  • συμμαζεύω (symmazévo)

Semantically related (associated by false etymology):

  • μάζα f (máza, “mass”)
  • μαζικός (mazikós, “mass”, adjective)
  • μαζώνω (mazóno, “collect, gather”) (vernacular)

References

  1. μαζεύω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. μαζεύω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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