υιοθετώ

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek υἱοθετέω (huiothetéō) / υἱοθετῶ (huiothetô). The figurative sense, semantic loan from French adopter.[1] Morphologically, from υιός (yiós, son) (υἱός (huiós)) + θέτω (théto, put, place) (from τίθημι (títhēmi)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /i.o.θeˈto/ also see υι (ui, diphthong <υι>)
  • Hyphenation: υι‧ο‧θε‧τώ

Verb

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υιοθετώ (yiothetó) (past υιοθέτησα, passive υιοθετούμαι)

  1. to adopt (a child)
  2. (figuratively) to adopt, endorse (an idea or policy)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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For the figurative sense:

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  • and see: υιός m (yiós, (formal) son) & θέτω (théto, put, place)

References

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  1. ^ υιοθετώ”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998