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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

  • δῆλον οὖν, ὅτι καὶ κατ’ ἐκεῖνον καὶ κατὰ Ἀλέξανδρον ἤκμαζεν ἡμῶν τὸ ἔθνοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 207:4)
  • "ἔτι δ’ ἤκμαζεν ἐμοῦ παρόντοσ καὶ τὸ Μόψου καὶ τὸ Ἀμφιλόχου μαντεῖον. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 452)
  • καὶ διωκόμενοσ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἔρριψεν αὑτὸν εἰσ ἐλπίδασ χαλεπὰσ καὶ ἀπόρουσ καταφυγὼν πρὸσ Ἄδμητον, ὃσ βασιλεὺσ μὲν ἦν Μολοττῶν, δεηθεὶσ δέ τι τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ προπηλακισθεὶσ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεμιστοκλέουσ, ὅτ’ ἤκμαζεν ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ, δι’ ὀργῆσ εἶχεν αὐτὸν ἀεὶ καὶ δῆλοσ ἦν, εἰ λάβοι, τιμωρησόμενοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 24 1:4)
  • ἦν δ’ ἡ πόλισ Ἀθηναίων ἄποικοσ, ἐν ἐκείνοισ ἄρα τοῖσ καιροῖσ, ἐν οἷσ ἤκμαζεν ἡ δύναμισ αὐτῶν καὶ κατεῖχε τὴν θάλασσαν, οἰκισθεῖσα. (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 19 6:1)
  • πρεσβευτὴν γὰρ ὄντα αὐτὸν εἰσ Συρακούσασ πλεῦσαι, ἡνίκα ἢκμαζεν ἡ τοῦ προτέρου Διονυσίου τυραννίσ· (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 15:4)

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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