Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • νέοσ γὰρ ὢν καὶ ἀκμάζων πρὸσ συνουσιασμὸν ἠκύρωσε τῷ λογισμῷ τὸν τῶν παθῶν οἶστρον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:3)
  • καί μ’ ἔγχοσ αὐγάζοντα καὶ θηρώμενον παίει παραστὰσ νεῖραν ἐσ πλευρὰν ξίφει ἀνὴρ ἀκμάζων· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:9)
  • ἀλλὰ εἰ πάντωσ ἐρᾷσ καὶ τάχιστα ἐθέλεισ τῇ ῥητορικῇ συνεῖναι ἀκμάζων ἔτι, ὡσ καὶ σπουδάζοιο πρὸσ αὐτῆσ, ἴθι, τῷ μὲν δασεῖ τούτῳ καὶ πέρα τοῦ μετρίου ἀνδρικῷ μακρὰ χαίρειν λέγε, ἀναβαίνειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἄλλουσ ὁπόσουσ ἂν ἐξαπατᾶν δύνηται ἀνάγειν καταλιπὼν ἀσθμαίνοντα καὶ ἱδρῶτι πολλῷ συνόντα. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 10:3)
  • "τίσ μὲν γὰρ τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ ἀκμάζων οὕτω φοβερὸσ ἦν, ὡσ Ἀγησίλαοσ τὸ μήκιστον τοῦ αἰῶνοσ ἔχων; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 2 6:2)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀκμάζων καὶ δυνάμενοσ ἀνὴρ ἐπαινεῖται, πάντα συλλήβδην ἀνατιθεὶσ; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 18 7:2)

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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