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βίαιος
violent /ˈvi.e.os/
adjectiveB2#2487 most common
Also: forceful, brutal
Example sentences
Ο άντρας είναι βίαιος.
The man is violent.
Αυτός ο σκύλος είναι πολύ βίαιος.
This dog is very violent.
Η αστυνομία συνέλαβε έναν βίαιο άνδρα.
The police arrested a violent man.
Οι βίαιες διαδηλώσεις προκάλεσαν πολλές ζημιές στο κέντρο της πόλης.
The violent protests caused a lot of damage in the city center.
Η κυβέρνηση καταδίκασε τη βίαιη καταστολή των διαδηλωτών.
The government condemned the violent crackdown on the protesters.
Η ιστορία της χώρας σημαδεύτηκε από βίαιες ανατροπές καθεστώτων και εμφύλιες συγκρούσεις.
The country's history was marked by violent regime changes and civil conflicts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | βίαιος | βίαιοι |
| Genitive | βίαιου | βίαιων |
| Accusative | βίαιο | βίαιους |
| Vocative | βίαιε | βίαιοι |
Word family
βίαforce, violence
βιαιότηταbrutality, violence
βιαιοπραγίαassault, act of violence
βιάζωto force, to rapeβιαστικόςhasty, hurriedEtymology
Βίαιος is built on the noun βία, meaning force or violence, with the adjectival suffix -ιος attached to mark quality or character. The word has been used since ancient Greek to describe people, acts, or events driven by force rather than consent. The deeper origin of βία itself is disputed among linguists, and some treat it as a word of unclear pre-Greek origin rather than a straightforward inheritance from Proto-Indo-European.
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