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ἀδηλέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδηλέω

Structure: ἀδηλέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be in the dark about

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀδηλῶ ἀδηλεῖς ἀδηλεῖ
Dual ἀδηλεῖτον ἀδηλεῖτον
Plural ἀδηλοῦμεν ἀδηλεῖτε ἀδηλοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀδηλῶ ἀδηλῇς ἀδηλῇ
Dual ἀδηλῆτον ἀδηλῆτον
Plural ἀδηλῶμεν ἀδηλῆτε ἀδηλῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀδηλοῖμι ἀδηλοῖς ἀδηλοῖ
Dual ἀδηλοῖτον ἀδηλοίτην
Plural ἀδηλοῖμεν ἀδηλοῖτε ἀδηλοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἀδήλει ἀδηλείτω
Dual ἀδηλεῖτον ἀδηλείτων
Plural ἀδηλεῖτε ἀδηλούντων, ἀδηλείτωσαν
Infinitive ἀδηλεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀδηλων ἀδηλουντος ἀδηλουσα ἀδηλουσης ἀδηλουν ἀδηλουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀδηλοῦμαι ἀδηλεῖ, ἀδηλῇ ἀδηλεῖται
Dual ἀδηλεῖσθον ἀδηλεῖσθον
Plural ἀδηλούμεθα ἀδηλεῖσθε ἀδηλοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀδηλῶμαι ἀδηλῇ ἀδηλῆται
Dual ἀδηλῆσθον ἀδηλῆσθον
Plural ἀδηλώμεθα ἀδηλῆσθε ἀδηλῶνται
OptativeSingular ἀδηλοίμην ἀδηλοῖο ἀδηλοῖτο
Dual ἀδηλοῖσθον ἀδηλοίσθην
Plural ἀδηλοίμεθα ἀδηλοῖσθε ἀδηλοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἀδηλοῦ ἀδηλείσθω
Dual ἀδηλεῖσθον ἀδηλείσθων
Plural ἀδηλεῖσθε ἀδηλείσθων, ἀδηλείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀδηλεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀδηλουμενος ἀδηλουμενου ἀδηλουμενη ἀδηλουμενης ἀδηλουμενον ἀδηλουμενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αἱ γὰρ ἐλπίδεσ ἄδηλοι καὶ μακραί. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 4 6:3)
  • αἱ γὰρ ἐλπίδεσ ἄδηλοι καὶ μακραί. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 4 2:3)
  • "πολλαὶ μὲν γὰρ αἰσθομένησ πλείονεσ δ’ ἄδηλοι τό τε σῶμα καταλαμβάνουσι καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπορρέουσι δυσχέρειαι καὶ κινήσεισ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 507)
  • ἄδηλοι γὰρ εἰ ἐγγύσ, ὥστε οὐδέποτε φανεροὶ ὅτι πόρρω. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 5 11:4)
  • Ἰσοκράτησ δὲ ψέγει ὅτι τὰσ μὲν τῶν σωμάτων ἀρετὰσ δωρεαῖσ ἐτίμησαν, τοῖσ δ’ εὖ φρονοῦσιν οὐθὲν ἆθλον ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἀπὸ συμβουλῆσ οἱο͂ν ὅτι δεῖ τοὺσ ἀγαθοὺσ τιμᾶν, διὸ καὶ αὐτὸσ Ἀριστείδην ἐπαινεῖ, ἢ τοὺσ τοιούτουσ οἳ μήτε εὐδοκιμοῦσιν μήτε φαῦλοι, ἀλλ’ ὅσοι ἀγαθοὶ ὄντεσ ἄδηλοι, ὥσπερ Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ Πριάμου· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 14 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be in the dark about

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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