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ἀφοσιόω?

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration: aphosioō

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 ἀφοσίουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἀφοσίω ἀφοσίοις ἀφοσίοι
Dual ἀφοσίωτον ἀφοσίωτον
Plural ἀφοσίωμεν ἀφοσίωτε ἀφοσίωσι(ν)
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

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφώσιουν ἀφώσιους ἀφώσιου(ν)
Dual ἀφωσῖουτον ἀφωσίουτην
Plural ἀφωσῖουμεν ἀφωσῖουτε ἀφώσιουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφωσίουμην ἀφωσῖου ἀφωσῖουτο
Dual ἀφωσῖουσθον ἀφωσίουσθην
Plural ἀφωσίουμεθα ἀφωσῖουσθε ἀφωσῖουντο

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 ὁρ´κον 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

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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