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ἀέξω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀέξω

Structure: ἀέξ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: poetic form of au)/cw, compare au)ca/nw

Sense

  1. to increase, enlarge, foster, strengthen, to cherish, to rear, to man's estate, bless
  2. to exalt by one's deeds, to magnify, to magnify, exaggerate
  3. to increase, grow, he was waxing tall, rose high, rises high, prospers, was getting on to noon

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀέξω ἀέξεις ἀέξει
Dual ἀέξετον ἀέξετον
Plural ἀέξομεν ἀέξετε ἀέξουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀέξω ἀέξῃς ἀέξῃ
Dual ἀέξητον ἀέξητον
Plural ἀέξωμεν ἀέξητε ἀέξωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀέξοιμι ἀέξοις ἀέξοι
Dual ἀέξοιτον ἀεξοίτην
Plural ἀέξοιμεν ἀέξοιτε ἀέξοιεν
ImperativeSingular ά̓εξε ἀεξέτω
Dual ἀέξετον ἀεξέτων
Plural ἀέξετε ἀεξόντων, ἀεξέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀέξειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀεξων ἀεξοντος ἀεξουσα ἀεξουσης ἀεξον ἀεξοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀέξομαι ἀέξει, ἀέξῃ ἀέξεται
Dual ἀέξεσθον ἀέξεσθον
Plural ἀεξόμεθα ἀέξεσθε ἀέξονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀέξωμαι ἀέξῃ ἀέξηται
Dual ἀέξησθον ἀέξησθον
Plural ἀεξώμεθα ἀέξησθε ἀέξωνται
OptativeSingular ἀεξοίμην ἀέξοιο ἀέξοιτο
Dual ἀέξοισθον ἀεξοίσθην
Plural ἀεξοίμεθα ἀέξοισθε ἀέξοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀέξου ἀεξέσθω
Dual ἀέξεσθον ἀεξέσθων
Plural ἀέξεσθε ἀεξέσθων, ἀεξέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀέξεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀεξομενος ἀεξομενου ἀεξομενη ἀεξομενης ἀεξομενον ἀεξομενου

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

  • μουνογενὴσ δὲ πάισ εἰή πατρώιον οἶκον φερβέμεν ὣσ γὰρ πλοῦτοσ ἀέξεται ἐν μεγάροισιν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 44:1)
  • Ἀντίγονοσ δὲ ὁ Καρύστιοσ ἐν Ἀντιπάτρῳ φησὶν ᾗχι μοι ὡραίων πολὺ φίλτεροσ ἡ δὲ ἀριμήλων πορφυρέων, Ἐφύρῃ τὰ τ’ ἀέξεται ἠνεμοέσσῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 22 3:2)
  • ὅσ τε πολὺ γλυκίων μέλιτοσ καταλειβομένοιοἀνδρῶν ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀέξεται· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 2 2:4)
  • νῦν δ’ ὅτε δὴ μέγασ εἰμὶ καὶ ἄλλων μῦθον ἀκούων πυνθάνομαι, καὶ δή μοι ἀέξεται ἔνδοθι θυμόσ, πειρήσω, ὥσ κ’ ὔμμι κακὰσ ἐπὶ κῆρασ ἰήλω, ἠὲ Πύλονδ’ ἐλθών, ἢ αὐτοῦ τῷδ’ ἐνὶ δήμῳ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 30:4)
  • ἦ γὰρ τοῦ γε θεοὶ κατὰ νόστον ἔδησαν, ὅσ κεν ἔμ’ ἐνδυκέωσ ἐφίλει καὶ κτῆσιν ὄπασσεν, οἶκόν τε κλῆρόν τε πολυμνήστην τε γυναῖκα, οἱᾶ́ τε ᾧ οἰκῆϊ ἄναξ εὔθυμοσ ἔδωκεν, ὅσ οἱ πολλὰ κάμῃσι, θεὸσ δ’ ἐπὶ ἔργον ἀέξῃ, ὡσ καὶ ἐμοὶ τόδε ἔργον ἀέξεται, ᾧ ἐπιμίμνω. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 7:7)

Synonyms

  1. to exalt by one's deeds

Related

Derived

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

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