# στάζω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From an earlier *σταγ-ι̯ω (*stag-i̯ō), of uncertain origin; see also σταγών f (stagṓn, “drop”). Babiniotis rejects connections to Latin stāgnum (“standing water, pool”) and Welsh taen (“spreading, dispersion”), while Beekes tentatively supports a connection with stāgnum, which would imply a root of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to seep, drip”), as well as perhaps Old Breton staer (“river, brook”) (< *stag-rā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stáz.dɔː/ → /ˈsta.zo/ → /ˈsta.zo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /stáz.dɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈsta.zo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈsta.zo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈsta.zo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈsta.zo/

### Verb

στάζω • (stázō)
* to drop, let fall drop by drop
* to leak
* to drip, trickle
* to drop off (of ripe fruit)

#### Synonyms

* σταλάσσω (stalássō)

#### Derived terms

* στᾰκτή (stăktḗ)
* στᾰκτός (stăktós)

#### Related terms

* ἀποστάζω (apostázō, “let fall drop by drop, distil away”)
* διαστάζω (diastázō, “leak, pour”)
* ἐκστάζω (ekstázō, “exude, drain out”)
* ἐναποστάζω (enapostázō, “drip with”)
* ἐνστάζω (enstázō, “drop in”)
* ἐπιστάζω (epistázō, “let fall in drops upon”)
* καταστάζω (katastázō, “shed, drip”)
* παραστάζω (parastázō, “drop upon”)
* παρενστάζω (parenstázō, “drop in besides”)
* περιστάζω (peristázō, “sprinkle all round”)
* ποτιστάζω (potistázō, “Doric of προσστάζω; distil metals”)
* προσστάζω (prosstázō, “drop on, shed over”)
* συναποστάζω (sunapostázō, “let drop along with”)
* ὑποστάζω (hupostázō, “drop slowly”)
* and see → σταγών f (stagṓn, “drop”)

### References

* ↑ Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “στάζω”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen‎ (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg
* ↑ στάζω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1388

### Further reading

* “στάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “στάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “στάζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* στάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* “στάζω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* “στάζω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάζω.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsta.zo/
* Hyphenation: στά‧ζω

### Verb

στάζω • (stázo) (past έσταξα, passive —) (rare passive στάζομαι, passive past στάχτηκα)
* (transitive) to drip, dribble, trickle (fall one drop at a time or slowly steadily)
    Έσταξε λίγο κονιάκ στο τσάι της.Éstaxe lígo koniák sto tsái tis.She dripped a little cognac into her tea.
* (transitive) to leak, drip, (of nose, eyes etc) be runny
    Πρέπει να καλέσουμε τον υδραυλικό, στάζει ο νεροχύτης.Prépei na kalésoume ton ydravlikó, stázei o nerochýtis.We'll have to call the plumber, the sink is leaking.
* (colloquial, idiomatic) to cross someone's palm, cough up (pay for)
    Στάξε μου πριν σου πω πληροφορίες!Stáxe mou prin sou po pliroforíes!Cough up before I tell you any information!

#### Synonyms

* σταλάζω (stalázo)

#### Derived terms

Expressions
* έχω (κάποιον) μη στάξει και μη βρέξει (écho (kápoion) mi stáxei kai mi vréxei, “I treat (someone) with special care”)
* στάζω δηλητήριο (stázo dilitírio, “literally: drip poison; speak with malice”)
* στάζω μέλι (stázo méli, “literally: drip honey; speak sweetly”)
* στάζω φαρμάκι (stázo farmáki, “literally: drip poison; speak with malice”)

#### Related terms

* αιμοσταγής (aimostagís, “blood-dripping”)
* απεσταγμένος (apestagménos, “distilled”, participle)
* απόσταγμα n (apóstagma, “essence, extract”)
* αποστάζω (apostázo, “distil”)
* απόσταξη f (apóstaxi, “distillation”)
* αποστακτήρας f (apostaktíras, “still”)
* αποστακτήριο n (apostaktírio, “distillery”)
* ροδόσταγμα n (rodóstagma, “rosewater”)
* and see: σταγόνα f (stagóna, “drop”)

### References

* ↑ στάζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language