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ἀκμάζω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκμάζω

Structure: ἀκμάζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)kmh/

Sense

  1. to be in full bloom, be at one's prime or perfection
  2. to flourish or abound in
  3. to be strong enough
  4. at its height, mid, to be just ripe
  5. it is high time

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀκμάζω ἀκμάζεις ἀκμάζει
Dual ἀκμάζετον ἀκμάζετον
Plural ἀκμάζομεν ἀκμάζετε ἀκμάζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀκμάζω ἀκμάζῃς ἀκμάζῃ
Dual ἀκμάζητον ἀκμάζητον
Plural ἀκμάζωμεν ἀκμάζητε ἀκμάζωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀκμάζοιμι ἀκμάζοις ἀκμάζοι
Dual ἀκμάζοιτον ἀκμαζοίτην
Plural ἀκμάζοιμεν ἀκμάζοιτε ἀκμάζοιεν
ImperativeSingular ά̓κμαζε ἀκμαζέτω
Dual ἀκμάζετον ἀκμαζέτων
Plural ἀκμάζετε ἀκμαζόντων, ἀκμαζέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀκμάζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀκμαζων ἀκμαζοντος ἀκμαζουσα ἀκμαζουσης ἀκμαζον ἀκμαζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀκμάζομαι ἀκμάζει, ἀκμάζῃ ἀκμάζεται
Dual ἀκμάζεσθον ἀκμάζεσθον
Plural ἀκμαζόμεθα ἀκμάζεσθε ἀκμάζονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀκμάζωμαι ἀκμάζῃ ἀκμάζηται
Dual ἀκμάζησθον ἀκμάζησθον
Plural ἀκμαζώμεθα ἀκμάζησθε ἀκμάζωνται
OptativeSingular ἀκμαζοίμην ἀκμάζοιο ἀκμάζοιτο
Dual ἀκμάζοισθον ἀκμαζοίσθην
Plural ἀκμαζοίμεθα ἀκμάζοισθε ἀκμάζοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀκμάζου ἀκμαζέσθω
Dual ἀκμάζεσθον ἀκμαζέσθων
Plural ἀκμάζεσθε ἀκμαζέσθων, ἀκμαζέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀκμάζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀκμαζομενος ἀκμαζομενου ἀκμαζομενη ἀκμαζομενης ἀκμαζομενον ἀκμαζομενου

Future tense

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

  • τῷ λόγῳ δὲ νῦν ἂν μάλιστα ἀνηβᾶν καὶ ἀνθεῖν καὶ ἀκμάζειν καθ’ ὡρ́αν εἰή καὶ ἕλκειν τῶν ὤτων ὅσουσ ἂν πλείστουσ δύνηται, καὶ τοξεύειν πολλάκισ, ὡσ οὐδέν γε δέοσ μὴ κενωθεὶσ λάθοι ὁ γωρυτὸσ αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:2)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δὲ σαρκοφάγον φησὶν αὐτῶν εἶναι καὶ μονήρη καρδίαν τε ἔχειν τρίγωνον ἀκμάζειν τε ἐάροσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1334)
  • καὶ δὴ λάμποντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ πυρὸσ ἐν αὐτῷ διαμένοντοσ ζῆν τε καὶ ἀκμάζειν ἐκεῖνον, μαραινομένου δὲ τοῦ δαλοῦ καὶ τὸν Μελέαγρον φθίνειν ὑπὸ λύπησ τε καὶ δυσθυμίασ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 12:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ τῶν παλαιῶν οἱ ἄριστοι οὐ μόνον ἀκμάζειν μανθάνοντεσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ γηράσκειν ἔφασκον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 2:1)
  • διότι πέφυκεν ἀνδρεία τε ἐν πολλαῖσ γενέσεσιν ἄμεικτοσ γεννωμένη σώφρονι φύσει κατὰ μὲν ἀρχὰσ ἀκμάζειν ῥώμῃ, τελευτῶσα δὲ ἐξανθεῖν παντάπασι μανίαισ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 322:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be in full bloom

  2. to flourish or abound in

  3. to be strong enough

Related

Derived

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

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