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ισχυρίζομαι
to claim /is.çiˈri.zo.me/
verbC1#3883 most common
Also: to assert, to allege, to maintain (an opinion)
Example sentences
Ισχυρίζεται ότι είναι γιατρός.
He claims to be a doctor.
Ισχυρίζομαι ότι λέω την αλήθεια.
I claim that I am telling the truth.
Οι μάρτυρες ισχυρίστηκαν ότι δεν είδαν τίποτα.
The witnesses claimed they saw nothing.
Η εταιρεία ισχυρίζεται ότι το προϊόν της είναι ασφαλές.
The company claims that its product is safe.
Ο κατηγορούμενος ισχυρίστηκε πως ήταν αλλού τη στιγμή του εγκλήματος.
The defendant claimed he was elsewhere at the moment of the crime.
Πολλοί ιστορικοί ισχυρίζονται ότι τα γεγονότα διαστρεβλώθηκαν σκόπιμα για πολιτικούς λόγους.
Many historians claim that the events were deliberately distorted for political reasons.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | ισχυρίζομαι | ισχυρίστηκα | θα ισχυριστώ |
| 2sg | ισχυρίζεσαι | ισχυρίστηκες | θα ισχυριστείς |
| 3sg | ισχυρίζεται | ισχυρίστηκε | θα ισχυριστεί |
| 1pl | ισχυριζόμαστε | ισχυριστήκαμε | θα ισχυριστούμε |
| 2pl | ισχυρίζεστε | ισχυριστήκατε | θα ισχυριστείτε |
| 3pl | ισχυρίζονται | ισχυρίστηκαν | θα ισχυριστούν |
Word family
ισχυρισμόςclaim, allegation
ισχυρόςstrong, powerfulισχύςstrength, force, validityισχυρογνώμωνstubborn, opinionated
ενισχύωto reinforce, support
Etymology
The verb comes from the adjective ισχυρός, meaning strong or powerful, with the deponent suffix -ίζομαι added to form a verb. Ισχυρός in turn goes back to the noun ισχύς, strength or force, which shares its root with the verb ἔχω/ἴσχω, to hold. Over time the sense shifted from a physical idea of strength to a rhetorical one: to hold a position firmly, and so to assert or claim something.
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