βιάζω

βῐάζω • (biázō)

1. (rare, poetic) Synonym of βῐάζομαι (biázomai)

• “βιάζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βιάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βιάζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “βιάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βιάζω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G971 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • compel idem, page 150.
  • constrain idem, page 165.
  • cut idem, page 192.
  • drive idem, page 253.
  • force idem, page 335.
  • hard idem, page 385.
  • impel idem, page 419.
  • make idem, page 508.
  • overpower idem, page 586.
  • press idem, page 637.
  • push idem, page 660.
  • shove idem, page 769.
  • sorely idem, page 795.
  • struggle idem, page 828.
  • violence idem, page 953.
  • violent idem, page 953.
  • way idem, page 968.
  • win idem, page 980.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βιάζω (biázō, “to use violence, to force”). The forced sexual intercourse sense is from Byzantine Greek^[1] and a semantic loan from French violer.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /viˈa.zo/ (pronounced as three syllables)
• Hyphenation: βι‧ά‧ζω

βιάζω • (viázo) (past βίασα, passive βιάζομαι, p‑past βιάστηκα, ppp βιασμένος)

1. (transitive) to force, pressure

   Μην βιάζεις το παιδί, θα φάει όταν είναι έτοιμο.

   Min viázeis to paidí, tha fáei ótan eínai étoimo.

   Don't pressure the child, he'll eat when he's ready.

2. (transitive) to rape, violate, ravish (to force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity without consent)

   Κατηγορείται ότι βίασε δεκαεξάχρονη κοπέλα.

   Katigoreítai óti víase dekaexáchroni kopéla.

   He is accused of raping a sixteen-year-old girl.

3. (figuratively) to rape (to plunder, to destroy or despoil)

   Ο πόλεμος βίασε την όμορφη χώρα μας και την κατάντησε έρημο τοπίο.

   O pólemos víase tin ómorfi chóra mas kai tin katántise érimo topío.

   The war has ravaged our beautiful country and turned it into a deserted landscape.

Sense force

• εξαναγκάζω (exanagkázo)
• πιέζω (piézo)

Sense force

• αβίαστος (avíastos, “unforced”)
• βεβιασμένος (veviasménos, “forced, hurried”, formal participle)
• εκβιάζω (ekviázo, “blackmail”)
• παραβιάζω (paraviázo, “break in”)

Sense rape

• βιασμός m (viasmós, “rape”)
• βιαστής m (viastís, “rapist”)

See sense rush

• and see: βία m (vía, “violence; rush”)

Inherited from Byzantine Greek βιάζω (biázō), from Ancient Greek βιάζω (biázō, “use violence, force”). Sense "in a hurry" is medieval, especially from the passive voice βιάζομαι (viázomai).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʝa.zo/ (pronounced as two syllables, with synizesis of [i]+[a])
• Hyphenation: βιά‧ζω

βιάζω • (viázo) (past έβιασα, passive βιάζομαι, p‑past βιάστηκα, ppp βεβιασμένος)

1. (transitive) to urge on, rush, hurry

   Μη βιάζεσαι! Θα κάνεις λάθη.

   Mi viázesai! Tha káneis láthi.

   Do not hurry! You will make mistakes

   Μη βιάζεις το φαγητό, η καλή μαγειρική θέλει την ώρα της.

   Mi viázeis to fagitó, i kalí mageirikí thélei tin óra tis.

   Don't hurry the food, good cooking needs time.

• επισπεύδω (epispévdo)

For the passive:

• επείγομαι (epeígomai)

• όποιος βιάζεται σκοντάφτει (ópoios viázetai skontáftei) (proverb)

Sense under pressure, in a hurry

• βιαστικός (viastikós, “hurried, hasty”)
• βιάση f (viási, “rush, hurry, haste”) (literary)
• βιασύνη f (viasýni, “rush, hurry, haste”)

See sense force

• and see: βία m (vía, “violence; rush”)