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ἀκονάω

α-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἀκονά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)ko/nh

Sense

to sharpen, whet, to sharpen their

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἀκονῶ	ἀκονᾷς	ἀκονᾷ
Dual		ἀκονᾶτον	ἀκονᾶτον
Plural	ἀκονῶμεν	ἀκονᾶτε	ἀκονῶσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἀκονῶ	ἀκονῇς	ἀκονῇ
Dual		ἀκονῆτον	ἀκονῆτον
Plural	ἀκονῶμεν	ἀκονῆτε	ἀκονῶσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἀκονῷμι	ἀκονῷς	ἀκονῷ
Dual		ἀκονῷτον	ἀκονῴτην
Plural	ἀκονῷμεν	ἀκονῷτε	ἀκονῷεν
Imperative	Singular		ἀκόνᾱ	ἀκονᾱ́τω
Dual		ἀκονᾶτον	ἀκονᾱ́των
Plural		ἀκονᾶτε	ἀκονώντων, ἀκονᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive	ἀκονᾶν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἀκονων ἀκονωντος	ἀκονωσα ἀκονωσης	ἀκονων ἀκονωντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἀκονῶμαι	ἀκονᾷ	ἀκονᾶται
Dual		ἀκονᾶσθον	ἀκονᾶσθον
Plural	ἀκονώμεθα	ἀκονᾶσθε	ἀκονῶνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἀκονῶμαι	ἀκονῇ	ἀκονῆται
Dual		ἀκονῆσθον	ἀκονῆσθον
Plural	ἀκονώμεθα	ἀκονῆσθε	ἀκονῶνται
Optative	Singular	ἀκονῴμην	ἀκονῷο	ἀκονῷτο
Dual		ἀκονῷσθον	ἀκονῴσθην
Plural	ἀκονῴμεθα	ἀκονῷσθε	ἀκονῷντο
Imperative	Singular		ἀκονῶ	ἀκονᾱ́σθω
Dual		ἀκονᾶσθον	ἀκονᾱ́σθων
Plural		ἀκονᾶσθε	ἀκονᾱ́σθων, ἀκονᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive	ἀκονᾶσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἀκονωμενος ἀκονωμενου	ἀκονωμενη ἀκονωμενης	ἀκονωμενον ἀκονωμενου

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Subjunctive

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Optative

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ἀκονώντων, ἀκονᾱ́τωσαν

Infinitive

ἀκονᾶν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἀκονων ἀκονωντος

ἀκονωσα ἀκονωσης

ἀκονων ἀκονωντος

Middle/Passive

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2nd person

3rd person

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Subjunctive

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Optative

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Imperative

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Dual

Plural

ἀκονᾱ́σθων, ἀκονᾱ́σθωσαν

Infinitive

ἀκονᾶσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἀκονωμενος ἀκονωμενου

ἀκονωμενη ἀκονωμενης

ἀκονωμενον ἀκονωμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠκόνων	ἠκόνᾱς	ἠκόνᾱν*
Dual		ἠκονᾶτον	ἠκονᾱ́την
Plural	ἠκονῶμεν	ἠκονᾶτε	ἠκόνων
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠκονώμην	ἠκονῶ	ἠκονᾶτο
Dual		ἠκονᾶσθον	ἠκονᾱ́σθην
Plural	ἠκονώμεθα	ἠκονᾶσθε	ἠκονῶντο

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Examples

οὐ γὰρ ἀκονῶν ξίφοσ οὐδὲ λόγχην χαράττων οὐδὲ λαμπρύνων κράνοσ οὐδὲ στρατευόμενοσ οὐδ’ ἐρέττων, ἀλλ’ ἀντίθετα καὶ πάρισα καὶ ὁμοιόπτωτα κολλῶν καὶ συντιθείσ, μονονοὺ κολαπτῆρσι καὶ ξυστῆρσι τὰσ περιόδουσ ἀπολεαίνων καὶ ῥυθμίζων ἐγήρασε. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 8 2:2)
"ὡσ ἄνθρωποσ ὑπὲρ ἐνενήκοντα ἔτη γεγονὼσ καὶ μέγιστον ἡγούμενοσ τῶν κακῶν τὸν θάνατον" οὐ γὰρ ἀκονῶν ξίφοσ οὐδὲ λόγχην χαράττων οὐδὲ λαμπρύνων κράνοσ; (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 8 6:1)
ἀλλ’ ὦ Δελφῶν πλείστασ ἀκονῶν, Φοῖβε, μαχαίρασ καὶ προδιδάσκων τοὺσ σοὺσ προπόλουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 74 1:2)
ὁ γὰρ λόγχην ἀκονῶν ἐκεῖνοσ καὶ τὴν ψυχήν τι παρακονᾷ. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 42:2)

Synonyms

to sharpen
- καταθήγω (to sharpen, whet)
- χαράσσω (to make sharp or pointed, sharpen, whet)
- θήγω (to sharpen, whet, let him whet his)

Derived

παρακονάω (to sharpen besides, sharpen also, to be so sharpened)

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

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ἀκονάω

Sense

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ἀκονάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to sharpen

Derived

Similar forms

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