επιβολή

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιβολή (epibolḗ, “throwing/laying on; fine”) with semantic adaptation to επιβάλλω (epivállo, “to impose”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.pi.voˈli/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧βο‧λή

Noun

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επιβολή • (epivolí) f

  1. imposition (the act of imposing)
  2. enforcement (the act of enforcing)
    επιβολή του νόμου ― epivolí tou nómou ― law enforcement

Declension

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Declension of επιβολή
singular plural
nominative επιβολή • επιβολές •
genitive επιβολής • επιβολών •
accusative επιβολή • επιβολές •
vocative επιβολή • επιβολές •
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References

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

Further reading

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