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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)
  • εὐφυὴσ δὲ περὶ τοὺσ πολιτικοὺσ λόγουσ γενόμενοσ ἀκμαζόντων ἔτι τῶν περὶ Δημοσθένην ἤρξατο λόγουσ γράφειν καὶ προῄει κατὰ μικρὸν εἰσ δόξαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 2 1:4)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄρξασθαι λέγοντεσ αὐτὸν λόγουσ συγγράφειν ἀπὸ τοῦ πέμπτου ἢ ἕκτου πρὸσ τῷ εἰκοστῷ ἔτουσ οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοιμεν, ἄλλωσ τε καὶ τῶν περὶ Δημοσθένη τότε ἀκμαζόντων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 4 1:5)
  • "χρήσιμοσ καὶ ὁ Πριούερνοσ λεπτομερέστεροσ ὢν τοῦ Ῥηγίνου ἥκιστά τε καθαπτόμενοσ κεφαλῆσ, τούτῳ ἐμφερὴσ ὁ Φορμιανόσ, ταχὺ δὲ ἀκμάζει καὶ λιπαρώτερόσ ἐστιν αὐτοῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4811)
  • βράδιον δ’ ἀκμάζει ὁ Τριφολῖνοσ, ἐστὶ δὲ τοῦ Συρεντίνου γεωδέστεροσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4812)

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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