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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

  • περὶ δὲ ὧν προεῖπον τῶν πεπαιδευμένων ἄξιον ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ πειρᾶσθαι ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα μετάγειν αὐτοὺσ καὶ πρὸσ ἐλευθερίαν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 4:8)
  • τῷ γὰρ εἰκὸσ ὦ πόλισ τὴν Ὑπερβόλου καθῆσθαι μητέρ’ ἠμφιεσμένην λευκὰ καὶ κόμασ καθεῖσαν πλησίον τῆσ Λαμάχου, καὶ δανείζειν χρήμαθ’, ᾗ χρῆν, εἰ δανείσειέν τινι καὶ τόκον πράττοιτο, διδόναι μηδέν’ ἀνθρώπων τόκον, ἀλλ’ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι βίᾳ τὰ χρήματ’ εἰπόντασ τοδί, ἀξία γοῦν εἶ τόκου τεκοῦσα τοιοῦτον τόκον. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parabasis, epirrheme4)
  • ὅτι μὲν οὖν, ἢν χρηστὸν ᾖ τι, ταῦτ’ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι πάλιν πειράσεταί μ’ εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 17)
  • κοινὸσ γάρ ἐστιν οὐρανὸσ πᾶσιν βροτοῖσ καὶ γαῖ’, ἐν ᾗ χρὴ δώματ’ ἀναπληρουμένουσ τἀλλότρια μὴ σχεῖν μηδ’ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι βίᾳ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 8:6)
  • μηδὲν γὰρ ἄλλο θαυμάζειν ἢ τὸν πλοῦτον μαθόντεσ μηδ’ ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ τινὶ ζῆν ἢ τῷ πολλὰ κεκτῆσθαι, κώλυσιν τοῦ ἰδίου βίου τὸν ἐκείνων ποιοῦνται, καὶ νομίζουσιν αὑτῶν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνον, ὅσον ἐκείνοισ προστίθησι. (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 7 10:2)
  • οὕτωσ ἄρα εὐκαταφρόνητοσ ὑμῖν ἡ Πενία δοκῶ καὶ, εὐαδίκητοσ, ὥσθ’ ὃ μόνον κτῆμα εἶχον ἀφαιρεῖσθαί με, ἀκριβῶσ πρὸσ ἀρετὴν ἐξειργασμένον, ἵνα αὖθισ ὁ Πλοῦτοσ παραλαβὼν αὐτὸν Ὕβρει καὶ Τύφῳ ἐγχειρίσασ ὅμοιον τῷ πάλαι μαλθακὸν καὶ ἀγεννῆ καὶ ἀνόητον ἀποφήνασ ἀποδῷ πάλιν ἐμοὶ ῥάκοσ ἤδη γεγενημένον; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 32:4)

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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