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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

  • εἶτα, ὦ Σόλων, ἐπὶ τῷ ἀδήλῳ καὶ ἀμφιβόλῳ τῆσ νίκησ τοσοῦτοι πονοῦσι, καὶ ταῦτ’ εἰδότεσ ὅτι ὁ μὲν νικῶν εἷσ ἔσται πάντωσ, οἱ δὲ ἡττώμενοι πάμπολλοι, μάτην ἄθλιοι πληγάσ, οἱ δὲ καὶ τραύματα λαβόντεσ; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 13:6)
  • πάλιν κατάστηθ’ ἡσύχῳ μὲν ὄμματι, χρόᾳ δ’ ἀδήλῳ τῶν δεδραμένων πέρι· (Euripides, episode, iambic7)
  • οὐ γὰρ δὴ σέ γε εἰκὸσ ἐπὶ τῷ ἀδήλῳ, εἰ βιώσῃ μέχρι πρὸσ τὴν ἀρετήν, τοσούτουσ πόνουσ ἀνέχεσθαι καὶ ταλαιπωρεῖν νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ̓ ἡμέραν οὐκ εἰδότα, εἴ σε πλησίον ἤδη τοῦ ἄκρου γενόμενον τὸ χρεὼν ἐπιστὰν κατασπάσει λαβόμενον τοῦ ποδὸσ ἐξ ἀτελοῦσ τῆσ ἐπίδοσ. (Lucian, 13:9)
  • αἰτίᾳ τινὶ ἀδήλῳ. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 14 9:1)
  • μὲν οὐδὲν ἐπεχείρησε, Ταυρίωνα δὲ τῶν στρατηγῶν τινα καὶ φίλων ἐκέλευσεν ἀδήλῳ τρόπῳ τοῦτο πρᾶξαι, μάλιστα διὰ φαρμάκων, αὐτοῦ μὴ παρόντοσ, ὁ δὲ ποιησάμενοσ τὸν Ἄρατον συνήθη φάρμακον αὐτῷ δίδωσιν, οὐκ ὀξὺ καὶ σφοδρόν, ἀλλὰ τῶν θέρμασ τε μαλακὰσ τὸ πρῶτον ἐν τῷ σώματι καὶ βῆχα κινούντων ἀμβλεῖαν, εἶτα οὕτωσ κατὰ μικρὸν εἰσ φθορὰν περαινόντων. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 52 1:2)

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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