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ἁγνεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁγνεύω

Structure: ἁγνεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a(gno/s

Sense

  1. to consider as part of purity, make it a point of religion, to be pure, is clean, to keep oneself pure from

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἁγνεύω ἁγνεύεις ἁγνεύει
Dual ἁγνεύετον ἁγνεύετον
Plural ἁγνεύομεν ἁγνεύετε ἁγνεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἁγνεύω ἁγνεύῃς ἁγνεύῃ
Dual ἁγνεύητον ἁγνεύητον
Plural ἁγνεύωμεν ἁγνεύητε ἁγνεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἁγνεύοιμι ἁγνεύοις ἁγνεύοι
Dual ἁγνεύοιτον ἁγνευοίτην
Plural ἁγνεύοιμεν ἁγνεύοιτε ἁγνεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ά̔γνευε ἁγνευέτω
Dual ἁγνεύετον ἁγνευέτων
Plural ἁγνεύετε ἁγνευόντων, ἁγνευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἁγνεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἁγνευων ἁγνευοντος ἁγνευουσα ἁγνευουσης ἁγνευον ἁγνευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἁγνεύομαι ἁγνεύει, ἁγνεύῃ ἁγνεύεται
Dual ἁγνεύεσθον ἁγνεύεσθον
Plural ἁγνευόμεθα ἁγνεύεσθε ἁγνεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἁγνεύωμαι ἁγνεύῃ ἁγνεύηται
Dual ἁγνεύησθον ἁγνεύησθον
Plural ἁγνευώμεθα ἁγνεύησθε ἁγνεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἁγνευοίμην ἁγνεύοιο ἁγνεύοιτο
Dual ἁγνεύοισθον ἁγνευοίσθην
Plural ἁγνευοίμεθα ἁγνεύοισθε ἁγνεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἁγνεύου ἁγνευέσθω
Dual ἁγνεύεσθον ἁγνευέσθων
Plural ἁγνεύεσθε ἁγνευέσθων, ἁγνευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἁγνεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἁγνευομενος ἁγνευομενου ἁγνευομενη ἁγνευομενης ἁγνευομενον ἁγνευομενου

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

  • ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἰόμαι δεῖν τὸν εἰσ ἱέρ’ εἰσιόντα καὶ χερνίβων καὶ κανῶν ἁψόμενον, καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ἐπιμελείασ προστάτην ἐσόμενον οὐχὶ προειρημένον ἡμερῶν ἀριθμὸν ἁγνεύειν, ἀλλὰ τὸν βίον ἡγνευκέναι τοιούτων ἐπιτηδευμάτων οἱᾶ τούτῳ βεβίωται. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 95:3)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ἡγοῦμαι δεῖν τὸν εἰσ ἱέρ’ εἰσιόντα καὶ χερνίβων καὶ κανῶν ἁψόμενον, καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ἐπιμελείασ προστάτην ἐσόμενον οὐχὶ τακτὸν ἡμερῶν ἀριθμὸν ἁγνεύειν, ἀλλὰ τὸν βίον ἡγνευκέναι τοιούτων ἐπιτηδευμάτων οἱᾶ τούτῳ βεβίωται. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 257:3)
  • ἀνὴρ καὶ τὰ πολέμια ἄριστοσ τῶν καθ’ ἡλικίαν καὶ πρὸσ ἁπάσασ τὰσ ἡδονάσ, ὅσαι ἄρχουσι νέων, ἐγκρατήσ, τά τε δίκαια οὐκ ἀπὸ νόμου μᾶλλον ἀνάγκησ διὰ τιμωριῶν δέοσ ἀκούσιοσ ἀποδιδούσ, ἀλλ’ ἑκών τε καὶ πεφυκὼσ πρὸσ αὐτὰ εὖ, καὶ οὐδ’ ἐν ἀρετῆσ μοίρᾳ τὸ μηθὲν ἀδικεῖν τιθέμενοσ, οὐ μόνον τ’ αὐτὸσ ἁγνεύειν ἀπὸ πάσησ κακίασ προθυμούμενοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ προσαναγκάζειν δικαιῶν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 60 2:1)
  • ὁ δὲ πάρεργον μὲν τὴν τοῦ σώματοσ ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων, ὁρῶν δὲ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐρῶν, τῇ ψυχῇ δὲ ὄντωσ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐπιτεθυμηκώσ, ὕβριν ἥγηται τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ σώματοσ πλησμονήν, τὸ σῶφρον δὲ καὶ ἀνδρεῖον καὶ μεγαλοπρεπὲσ καὶ τὸ φρόνιμον αἰδούμενοσ ἅμα καὶ σεβόμενοσ, ἁγνεύειν ἀεὶ μεθ’ ἁγνεύοντοσ τοῦ ἐρωμένου βούλοιτ’ ἄν· (Plato, Laws, book 8 58:1)

Related

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

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