Translation of ψιλοζουσε

[Delusion Demon]

Hallo, I cannot find the meaning of this term ' ψιλοζουσε ', from this sentence:

- Σκύβει κατώ, το μαζεύει και σαν να ψιλοζούσε το σπουργιτάκι, αλλά ...

Even: σπουργιτάκι - is that a diminutive of σπουργίτης ?

Thanks

[md0]

First, the straightforward one:

σπουργιτάκι - is that a diminutive of σπουργίτης ?

Yes. -άκι is one of the most common diminutive suffixes in Greek.

I cannot find the meaning of this term ' ψιλοζουσε '

Ψιλό- is a prefix that can be used with both nouns and verbs.
So, before verbs, it implies that the action described by the verb applies only to a minimal extend.

ψιλοζώ: "Slightly", "Barely" living. Almost dead. Or more poetically, "was clinging to life".

Here's the dictionary entry with more usage cases

[Delusion Demon]

Thank you for the dictionary and site.

That sentence gave me more than one trouble because I suppose that ' και ', here, does not mean "and": I mean, is that correct to translate:

- Σκύβει κατώ, το μαζεύει και σαν να ψιλοζούσε το σπουργιτάκι, αλλά ...
- he bends, he picks it up since ? (= και + σαν ) it was barely living, but ...

[md0]

I think that the phrase implied here is και 《ήταν》 σαν, and it was as if, and it looked like (it was barely alive).

[Delusion Demon]

Ok, everything is clear now. It deals about a joke - μια ανέκδοτα: Ο δολοφόωος σπουργίτης, do you know it? It is nice and very effective, to study on jokes. Thank you very much

[md0]

Ok, everything is clear now. It deals about a joke - μια ανέκδοτα: Ο δολοφόωος σπουργίτης, do you know it? It is nice and very effective, to study on jokes. Thank you very much

No, never heard of it. I will look it up.
But a correction: ένα ανέκδοτο - it's a neuter noun.
I think that "δολοφόωος" is just a slip of the finger, you meant to write δολοφόνος.