παρομοιάζω

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παρομοιάζω (paromoiázō).[1] By surface analysis, παρόμοιος (parómoios) +‎ -άζω (-ázo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ɾo.miˈa.zo/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧ρο‧μοι‧ά‧ζω

Verb

παρομοιάζω • (paromoiázo) (past παρομοίασα, passive παρομοιάζομαι, p‑past παρομοιάστηκα, ppp παρομοιασμένος)

  1. (transitive) to liken, to compare [with με (me, + accusative) ‘to’] (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to declare two things to be similar in some respect)
    Synonyms: συγκρίνω (sygkríno), παραβάλλω (paravállo)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • παρομοιαστικός (paromoiastikós)

See also

  • παραλληλίζω (parallilízo)

References

  1. ^ παρομοιάζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language