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ἀφρονέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφρονέω

Structure: ἀφρονέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)/frwn

Sense

  1. to be silly, act foolishly

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφρονῶ ἀφρονεῖς ἀφρονεῖ
Dual ἀφρονεῖτον ἀφρονεῖτον
Plural ἀφρονοῦμεν ἀφρονεῖτε ἀφρονοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀφρονῶ ἀφρονῇς ἀφρονῇ
Dual ἀφρονῆτον ἀφρονῆτον
Plural ἀφρονῶμεν ἀφρονῆτε ἀφρονῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀφρονοῖμι ἀφρονοῖς ἀφρονοῖ
Dual ἀφρονοῖτον ἀφρονοίτην
Plural ἀφρονοῖμεν ἀφρονοῖτε ἀφρονοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἀφρόνει ἀφρονείτω
Dual ἀφρονεῖτον ἀφρονείτων
Plural ἀφρονεῖτε ἀφρονούντων, ἀφρονείτωσαν
Infinitive ἀφρονεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀφρονων ἀφρονουντος ἀφρονουσα ἀφρονουσης ἀφρονουν ἀφρονουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀφρονοῦμαι ἀφρονεῖ, ἀφρονῇ ἀφρονεῖται
Dual ἀφρονεῖσθον ἀφρονεῖσθον
Plural ἀφρονούμεθα ἀφρονεῖσθε ἀφρονοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀφρονῶμαι ἀφρονῇ ἀφρονῆται
Dual ἀφρονῆσθον ἀφρονῆσθον
Plural ἀφρονώμεθα ἀφρονῆσθε ἀφρονῶνται
OptativeSingular ἀφρονοίμην ἀφρονοῖο ἀφρονοῖτο
Dual ἀφρονοῖσθον ἀφρονοίσθην
Plural ἀφρονοίμεθα ἀφρονοῖσθε ἀφρονοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἀφρονοῦ ἀφρονείσθω
Dual ἀφρονεῖσθον ἀφρονείσθων
Plural ἀφρονεῖσθε ἀφρονείσθων, ἀφρονείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀφρονεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀφρονουμενος ἀφρονουμενου ἀφρονουμενη ἀφρονουμενης ἀφρονουμενον ἀφρονουμενου

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.

Synonyms

  1. to be silly

Derived

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

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