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ἀμφισβητέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφισβητέω

Structure: ἀμφισβητέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: bai/nw

Sense

  1. to stand apart, to disagree with, to dispute or argue with
  2. to dispute, wrangle, argue, the opponents
  3. to dispute for or about, to lay claim to
  4. to dispute
  5. to argue that
  6. to be the subject of dispute, it is disputed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀμφισβήτω ἀμφισβήτεις ἀμφισβήτει
Dual ἀμφισβήτειτον ἀμφισβήτειτον
Plural ἀμφισβήτουμεν ἀμφισβήτειτε ἀμφισβήτουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀμφισβήτω ἀμφισβήτῃς ἀμφισβήτῃ
Dual ἀμφισβήτητον ἀμφισβήτητον
Plural ἀμφισβήτωμεν ἀμφισβήτητε ἀμφισβήτωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀμφισβήτοιμι ἀμφισβήτοις ἀμφισβήτοι
Dual ἀμφισβήτοιτον ἀμφισβητοίτην
Plural ἀμφισβήτοιμεν ἀμφισβήτοιτε ἀμφισβήτοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀμφισβῆτει ἀμφισβητεῖτω
Dual ἀμφισβήτειτον ἀμφισβητεῖτων
Plural ἀμφισβήτειτε ἀμφισβητοῦντων, ἀμφισβητεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἀμφισβήτειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀμφισβητων ἀμφισβητουντος ἀμφισβητουσα ἀμφισβητουσης ἀμφισβητουν ἀμφισβητουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀμφισβήτουμαι ἀμφισβήτει, ἀμφισβήτῃ ἀμφισβήτειται
Dual ἀμφισβήτεισθον ἀμφισβήτεισθον
Plural ἀμφισβητοῦμεθα ἀμφισβήτεισθε ἀμφισβήτουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀμφισβήτωμαι ἀμφισβήτῃ ἀμφισβήτηται
Dual ἀμφισβήτησθον ἀμφισβήτησθον
Plural ἀμφισβητώμεθα ἀμφισβήτησθε ἀμφισβήτωνται
OptativeSingular ἀμφισβητοίμην ἀμφισβήτοιο ἀμφισβήτοιτο
Dual ἀμφισβήτοισθον ἀμφισβητοίσθην
Plural ἀμφισβητοίμεθα ἀμφισβήτοισθε ἀμφισβήτοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀμφισβήτου ἀμφισβητεῖσθω
Dual ἀμφισβήτεισθον ἀμφισβητεῖσθων
Plural ἀμφισβήτεισθε ἀμφισβητεῖσθων, ἀμφισβητεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀμφισβήτεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀμφισβητουμενος ἀμφισβητουμενου ἀμφισβητουμενη ἀμφισβητουμενης ἀμφισβητουμενον ἀμφισβητουμενου

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

  • ἀμφισβητοῦμεν, ἔφη. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 72:1)
  • ἐκ τούτων γὰρ μάλιστα γνώσεσθε ὅτι οὔτε νεωστὶ ταῦτα τὰ χρήματα ἀξιοῦμεν ἡμέτερα εἶναι, οὔτε νυνὶ τῷ δημοσίῳ πλειόνων ἀμφισβητοῦμεν ἢ τῷ ἔμπροσθεν χρόνῳ τοῖσ ἰδιώταισ. (Lysias, Speeches, 13:2)
  • καὶ λογίζεσθ’ ὡσ ἄλογόν ἐστιν Ἀθηναίουσ Θασίουσ μὲν καὶ Μαρωνίτασ ἀναγκάσαι περὶ Στρύμησ διακριθῆναι λόγοισ, αὐτοὺσ δὲ πρὸσ ἐμὲ μὴ διαλύσασθαι περὶ ὧν ἀμφισβητοῦμεν τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον, ἄλλωσ τε καὶ γιγνώσκοντασ ὅτι νικηθέντεσ μὲν οὐδὲν ἀποβαλεῖτε, κρατήσαντεσ δὲ λήψεσθε τὰ νῦν ὑφ’ ἡμῖν ὄντα. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 24:2)
  • ὃ καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἀμφισβητοῦμεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 3:4)
  • οὐκ ἄλλοσ ἄλλῃ φέρεται, καὶ ἀμφισβητοῦμεν ἀλλήλοισ τε καὶ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖσ; (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 243:7)

Synonyms

  1. to stand apart

  2. to dispute

  3. to dispute for or about

  4. to dispute

  5. to be the subject of dispute

Derived

Similar forms

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

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