Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀφοσιόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφοσιόω

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

Sense

  1. to purify from guilt or pollution
  2. to purify oneself from sins of negligence, to make expiatory offerings
  3. to acquit oneself of, to quit oneself, quitting oneself of the orders

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφοσίω ἀφοσίοις ἀφοσίοι
Dual ἀφοσίουτον ἀφοσίουτον
Plural ἀφοσίουμεν ἀφοσίουτε ἀφοσίουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀφοσίω ἀφοσίοις ἀφοσίοι
Dual ἀφοσίωτον ἀφοσίωτον
Plural ἀφοσίωμεν ἀφοσίωτε ἀφοσίωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀφοσίοιμι ἀφοσίοις ἀφοσίοι
Dual ἀφοσίοιτον ἀφοσιοίτην
Plural ἀφοσίοιμεν ἀφοσίοιτε ἀφοσίοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀφοσῖου ἀφοσιοῦτω
Dual ἀφοσίουτον ἀφοσιοῦτων
Plural ἀφοσίουτε ἀφοσιοῦντων, ἀφοσιοῦτωσαν
Infinitive ἀφοσίουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀφοσιων ἀφοσιουντος ἀφοσιουσα ἀφοσιουσης ἀφοσιουν ἀφοσιουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφοσίουμαι ἀφοσίοι ἀφοσίουται
Dual ἀφοσίουσθον ἀφοσίουσθον
Plural ἀφοσιοῦμεθα ἀφοσίουσθε ἀφοσίουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀφοσίωμαι ἀφοσίοι ἀφοσίωται
Dual ἀφοσίωσθον ἀφοσίωσθον
Plural ἀφοσιώμεθα ἀφοσίωσθε ἀφοσίωνται
OptativeSingular ἀφοσιοίμην ἀφοσίοιο ἀφοσίοιτο
Dual ἀφοσίοισθον ἀφοσιοίσθην
Plural ἀφοσιοίμεθα ἀφοσίοισθε ἀφοσίοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀφοσίου ἀφοσιοῦσθω
Dual ἀφοσίουσθον ἀφοσιοῦσθων
Plural ἀφοσίουσθε ἀφοσιοῦσθων, ἀφοσιοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀφοσίουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀφοσιουμενος ἀφοσιουμενου ἀφοσιουμενη ἀφοσιουμενης ἀφοσιουμενον ἀφοσιουμενου

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

  • "εἰσ τοῦτον οὖν συναθροίσασα μετ’ ἀνάγκησ συγκατέκλινε τοῖσ δούλοισ τὰσ δεσποίνασ, ὅθεν οἱ Λυδοὶ τὸ πικρὸν τῆσ πράξεωσ ὑποκοριζόμενοι τὸν τόπον καλοῦσιν Γλυκὺν Ἀγκῶνα, οὐ μόνον δὲ Λυδῶν γυναῖκεσ ἄφετοι οὖσαι τοῖσ ἐντυχοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπιζεφυρίων, ἔτι δὲ τῶν περὶ Κύπρον καὶ πάντων ἁπλῶσ τῶν ἑταιρισμῷ τὰσ ἑαυτῶν κόρασ ἀφοσιούντων, παλαιᾶσ τινοσ ὕβρεωσ ἐοίκασιν εἶναι πρὸσ ἀλήθειαν ὑπόμνημα καὶ τιμωρίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 11 1:8)
  • ἴσον γὰρ τὸ μίασμα γίγνεται ἐὰν συνῇσ τῷ τοιούτῳ συνειδὼσ καὶ μὴ ἀφοσιοῖσ σεαυτόν τε καὶ ἐκεῖνον τῇ δίκῃ ἐπεξιών. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 15:1)
  • "ἐγὼ μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων καὶ τοῦ σώματοσ καὶ τῶν τέκνων καὶ οἰκίασ τῆσ ἐμαυτοῦ βοηθῶ κατὰ τὸν ὁρ́κον καὶ τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῇ γῇ τῇ ἱερᾷ καὶ χειρὶ καὶ ποδὶ καὶ φωνῇ καὶ πᾶσιν οἷσ δύναμαι, καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἡμετέραν τὰ πρὸσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ἀφοσιῶ· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1201)

Synonyms

  1. to purify oneself from sins of negligence

Derived

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

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