# χέζω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed-. Cognates include Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬲 (haδaž, “anus”), Sanskrit हद् (had), हदति (hadati, “to evacuate, discharge excrement”), Old Armenian ձետ (jet, “tail, penis”), Albanian dhjes (“to mess up”), Northern Kurdish zotik (“anus”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

χέζω • (khézō)
* (vulgar) to defecate, shit
** 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 1168–1170:ὁ δὲ λίθον βαλεῖν / βουλόμενος ἐν σκότῳ λάβοι τῇ χειρὶ πέλεθον ἀρτίως κεχεσμένον·ho dè líthon baleîn / boulómenos en skótōi láboi têi kheirì pélethon artíōs kekhesménon;May he, wanting / to throw a stone, in the darkness pick up a piece of dung with his hand, freshly shat.
** 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1057:ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν μαχέσαιτο· χέσαιτο γάρ, εἰ μαχέσαιτο.all’ ouk àn makhésaito; khésaito gár, ei makhésaito.But he would not fight: you see, he would shit, if he had to fight.
** 450 BCE – 350 BCE, Strattis, Chrysippus 1:εἰ μηδὲ χέσαι γ' αὐτῷ σχολὴ γενήσεται, (...)ei mēdè khésai g’ autôi skholḕ genḗsetai, (...)If he will neither have the time to shit, (...)
** 446 BCE – 411 BCE, Eupolis, Flatterers 17:σησαμίδας δὲ χέζει / μῆλα δὲ χρέμπτεται.sēsamídas dè khézei / mêla dè khrémptetai.[he, who] shits sesame-cookies, / and coughs up apples.

#### Descendants

* Greek: χέζω (chézo)
** → Russian: хе́зать (xézatʹ)
* ⇒ English: -chezia

### Further reading

* “χέζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “χέζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* χέζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek χέζω (khézō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈçezo/
* Hyphenation: χέ‧ζω

### Verb

χέζω • (chézo) (past έχεσα, passive χέζομαι)
* (intransitive, colloquial, vulgar) to shit, shite, take a shit, crap (defecate)
    Που είναι η τουαλέτα; Πρέπει να χέσω.Pou eínai i toualéta? Prépei na chéso.Where's the toilet? I have to shit.
    Κάποιος έχει χέσει εδώ μέσα.Kápoios échei chései edó mésa.Someone's taken a shit in here.
* (transitive, colloquial, vulgar) to shit, beshit (soil something or someone with faeces)
    Κατά λάθος, έχεσε το βρακί της.Katá láthos, échese to vrakí tis.She shit her knickers by accident.
* (transitive, figuratively) to scold, berate, bollock, give shit
    Το αφεντικό του τον έχεσε.To afentikó tou ton échese.His boss gave him shit.

#### Synonyms

* (defecate): αφοδεύω (afodévo), αποπατώ (apopató), κάνω κακά (káno kaká)
* (shit on, beshit): σκατίζω (skatízo), σκατώνω (skatóno)

#### Derived terms

* δε μας χέζεις (de mas chézeis, “get lost, bite me”)
* δε με χέζεις (de me chézeis, “get lost, bite me”)
* μη χέσω (mi chéso)
* ξεχέζω (xechézo, “scold”)
* χεζάς (chezás, “chickenshit, coward”)
* χεζού (chezoú, “chickenshit, coward”)
* χέσε μας (chése mas, “bite me”)
* χέσε με (chése me, “bite me”)
* χέσε μέσα (chése mésa)
* χέσε ψηλά κι αγνάντευε (chése psilá ki agnánteve)
* χέσιμο n (chésimo, “shit, crap”)
* χεσμένος (chesménos, “shit-stained”)
* χέστης m (chéstis, “chickenshit, coward”)
* χέστρα f (chéstra, “shitter, toilet”)

#### Descendants

* → Russian: хе́зать (xézatʹ)