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ἀφαιρέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφαιρέω

Structure: ἀπ (Prefix) + αἱρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to take from, take away from, having taken, off, to remove, separate, set aside
  2. to take away for oneself, take away
  3. to prevent, hinder from
  4. to be robbed or deprived, to have, taken from one

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφαίρω ἀφαίρεις ἀφαίρει
Dual ἀφαίρειτον ἀφαίρειτον
Plural ἀφαίρουμεν ἀφαίρειτε ἀφαίρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀφαίρω ἀφαίρῃς ἀφαίρῃ
Dual ἀφαίρητον ἀφαίρητον
Plural ἀφαίρωμεν ἀφαίρητε ἀφαίρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀφαίροιμι ἀφαίροις ἀφαίροι
Dual ἀφαίροιτον ἀφαιροίτην
Plural ἀφαίροιμεν ἀφαίροιτε ἀφαίροιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀφαῖρει ἀφαιρεῖτω
Dual ἀφαίρειτον ἀφαιρεῖτων
Plural ἀφαίρειτε ἀφαιροῦντων, ἀφαιρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἀφαίρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀφαιρων ἀφαιρουντος ἀφαιρουσα ἀφαιρουσης ἀφαιρουν ἀφαιρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφαίρουμαι ἀφαίρει, ἀφαίρῃ ἀφαίρειται
Dual ἀφαίρεισθον ἀφαίρεισθον
Plural ἀφαιροῦμεθα ἀφαίρεισθε ἀφαίρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀφαίρωμαι ἀφαίρῃ ἀφαίρηται
Dual ἀφαίρησθον ἀφαίρησθον
Plural ἀφαιρώμεθα ἀφαίρησθε ἀφαίρωνται
OptativeSingular ἀφαιροίμην ἀφαίροιο ἀφαίροιτο
Dual ἀφαίροισθον ἀφαιροίσθην
Plural ἀφαιροίμεθα ἀφαίροισθε ἀφαίροιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀφαίρου ἀφαιρεῖσθω
Dual ἀφαίρεισθον ἀφαιρεῖσθων
Plural ἀφαίρεισθε ἀφαιρεῖσθων, ἀφαιρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀφαίρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀφαιρουμενος ἀφαιρουμενου ἀφαιρουμενη ἀφαιρουμενης ἀφαιρουμενον ἀφαιρουμενου

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

  • σὺ δὲ τὸ μέγιστον ὧν ἔχομεν ἀγαθῶν ἀφαιρῇ ἡμᾶσ, λέγω δὲ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν καὶ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν ἐξουσίαν, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα οὐχ ὁρᾷσ ὅσα τῆσ ποιήσεωσ καλά, σκινδαλάμουσ δὲ καὶ ἀκάνθασ τινὰσ ἐκλέγεισ καὶ λαβὰσ τῇ συκοφαντίᾳ ζητεῖσ. (Lucian, 8:4)
  • πῶσ οὖν ἔτ’ ἂν γένοιτ’ ἂν ἰσχυρὰ πόλισ, ὅταν τισ ὡσ λειμῶνοσ ἠρινοῦ στάχυν τόλμασ ἀφαιρῇ κἀπολωτίζῃ νέουσ; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:13)
  • ταύτησ γὰρ ὅταν τισ ἀφαιρῇ, οὐχ ὑβριεῖται φαύλωσ οὕτωσ αὖθισ τῇ γαστρὶ κολασθείσ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 2:38)
  • θεῷ νήφοντι σωφρονίζεσθαι κολαζόμενον, οὕτωσ εὐλάβεια γεροντικὴ κεραννυμένη πρὸσ ζέουσαν ἐν δήμῳ νεότητα, βακχεύουσαν ὑπὸ δόξησ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ, ἀφαιρῇ τὸ μανικὸν καὶ λίαν ἄκρατον. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 13 4:1)
  • ἵνα δὲ πάντα ταῦτα ἀφῶ, τί ἂν ἔχοισ εἰπεῖν, ὦ πρὸσ Διόσ, εἴ τισ ἔροιτό σε, τοὺσ δὲ δὴ τάφουσ τῶν προγόνων τί παθὼν ἀνασκάπτεισ καὶ τιμάσ, ἃσ κομίζονται παρ’ ἀνθρώπων, ἀφαιρῇ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 24 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. to take from

  2. to take away for oneself

  3. to prevent

  4. to be robbed or deprived

Derived

Similar forms

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

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