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ἀναξαίνω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναξαίνω

Structure: ἀνα (Prefix) + ξαίν (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to tear open

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀναξαίνω ἀναξαίνεις ἀναξαίνει
Dual ἀναξαίνετον ἀναξαίνετον
Plural ἀναξαίνομεν ἀναξαίνετε ἀναξαίνουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀναξαίνω ἀναξαίνῃς ἀναξαίνῃ
Dual ἀναξαίνητον ἀναξαίνητον
Plural ἀναξαίνωμεν ἀναξαίνητε ἀναξαίνωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀναξαίνοιμι ἀναξαίνοις ἀναξαίνοι
Dual ἀναξαίνοιτον ἀναξαινοίτην
Plural ἀναξαίνοιμεν ἀναξαίνοιτε ἀναξαίνοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀναξαίνε ἀναξαινέτω
Dual ἀναξαίνετον ἀναξαινέτων
Plural ἀναξαίνετε ἀναξαινόντων, ἀναξαινέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀναξαίνειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀναξαινων ἀναξαινοντος ἀναξαινουσα ἀναξαινουσης ἀναξαινον ἀναξαινοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀναξαίνομαι ἀναξαίνει, ἀναξαίνῃ ἀναξαίνεται
Dual ἀναξαίνεσθον ἀναξαίνεσθον
Plural ἀναξαινόμεθα ἀναξαίνεσθε ἀναξαίνονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀναξαίνωμαι ἀναξαίνῃ ἀναξαίνηται
Dual ἀναξαίνησθον ἀναξαίνησθον
Plural ἀναξαινώμεθα ἀναξαίνησθε ἀναξαίνωνται
OptativeSingular ἀναξαινοίμην ἀναξαίνοιο ἀναξαίνοιτο
Dual ἀναξαίνοισθον ἀναξαινοίσθην
Plural ἀναξαινοίμεθα ἀναξαίνοισθε ἀναξαίνοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀναξαίνου ἀναξαινέσθω
Dual ἀναξαίνεσθον ἀναξαινέσθων
Plural ἀναξαίνεσθε ἀναξαινέσθων, ἀναξαινέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀναξαίνεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀναξαινομενος ἀναξαινομενου ἀναξαινομενη ἀναξαινομενης ἀναξαινομενον ἀναξαινομενου

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

  • καὶ πειρωμένῳ ἐμεῖν οὐκ ἀπήντα, ἀλλ’ ἦν καὶ ῥανὶσ ἀντὶ τρικυμίασ, διὰ τὸ ἐνίσχεσθαί τε καὶ πνιγμὸν φέρειν, μόλισ δ’ ἂν καὶ μετὰ πολλοῦ θορύβου καὶ πολλῆσ ἀπογνώσεωσ ἀπηλλάγην οὐκ ἀναιμωτὶ, ἀλλ’ ἀνεξαίνετο ἅπασ ὁ πόροσ καὶ καθίστατο ἀντ’ ἄλλου τραύματοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. to tear open

Derived

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

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