Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀναπαύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναπαύω

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

Sense

  1. to make to cease, to stop or hinder from, to give, rest or relief
  2. to stop, put an end to, to rest, halt
  3. to take rest
  4. to desist from
  5. to take one's rest, sleep, to halt, rest
  6. to regain strength

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀναπαύω ἀναπαύεις ἀναπαύει
Dual ἀναπαύετον ἀναπαύετον
Plural ἀναπαύομεν ἀναπαύετε ἀναπαύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀναπαύω ἀναπαύῃς ἀναπαύῃ
Dual ἀναπαύητον ἀναπαύητον
Plural ἀναπαύωμεν ἀναπαύητε ἀναπαύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀναπαύοιμι ἀναπαύοις ἀναπαύοι
Dual ἀναπαύοιτον ἀναπαυοίτην
Plural ἀναπαύοιμεν ἀναπαύοιτε ἀναπαύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀναπαύε ἀναπαυέτω
Dual ἀναπαύετον ἀναπαυέτων
Plural ἀναπαύετε ἀναπαυόντων, ἀναπαυέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀναπαύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀναπαυων ἀναπαυοντος ἀναπαυουσα ἀναπαυουσης ἀναπαυον ἀναπαυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀναπαύομαι ἀναπαύει, ἀναπαύῃ ἀναπαύεται
Dual ἀναπαύεσθον ἀναπαύεσθον
Plural ἀναπαυόμεθα ἀναπαύεσθε ἀναπαύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀναπαύωμαι ἀναπαύῃ ἀναπαύηται
Dual ἀναπαύησθον ἀναπαύησθον
Plural ἀναπαυώμεθα ἀναπαύησθε ἀναπαύωνται
OptativeSingular ἀναπαυοίμην ἀναπαύοιο ἀναπαύοιτο
Dual ἀναπαύοισθον ἀναπαυοίσθην
Plural ἀναπαυοίμεθα ἀναπαύοισθε ἀναπαύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀναπαύου ἀναπαυέσθω
Dual ἀναπαύεσθον ἀναπαυέσθων
Plural ἀναπαύεσθε ἀναπαυέσθων, ἀναπαυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀναπαύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀναπαυομενος ἀναπαυομενου ἀναπαυομενη ἀναπαυομενης ἀναπαυομενον ἀναπαυομενου

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

  • οὔτε γὰρ τίνα ἔχει δύναμιν ῥᾴδιον περὶ αὐτῆσ διελεῖν, οὔτε τίνοσ δεῖ χάριν μετέχειν αὐτῆσ, πότερον παιδιᾶσ ἕνεκα καὶ ἀναπαύσεωσ, καθάπερ ὕπνου καὶ μέθησ ταῦτα γὰρ καθ’ αὑτὰ μὲν οὐδὲ τῶν σπουδαίων, ἀλλ’ ἡδέα, καὶ ἀναπαύει μέριμναν, ὥσ φησιν Εὐριπίδησ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 49:2)
  • Ἐνταῦθα ἀναπαύει τὸν στρατόν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 7 5:3)
  • Ὡσ δὲ ἀφίκετο ἐσ τῶν Γαδρωσίων τὰ βασίλεια, ἀναπαύει ἐνταῦθα τὴν στρατιάν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 27 1:1)
  • ἡδονῆσ καὶ ἀναπαύει τὴν κίνησιν ἐν τῷ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον οὔσησ πρὸσ ἐκεῖνα τῆσ διαφορᾶσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 5:1)
  • ὅ τε γὰρ Αἰσχύλοσ ἐν Προμηθεῖ τῷ λυομένῳ φησὶν οὕτω "φοινικόπεδόν τ’ ἐρυθρᾶσ ἱερὸν χεῦμα θαλάσσησ, χαλκοκέραυνόν τε παρ’ "ὠκεανῷ λίμναν παντοτρόφον Αἰθιόπων, ἵν’ ὁ παντόπτασ Ἥλιοσ αἰεὶ χρῶτ’ ἀθάνατον κάματόν θ’ ἵππων "θερμαῖσ ὕδατοσ μαλακοῦ προχοαῖσ ἀναπαύει. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 54:4)

Synonyms

  1. to make to cease

  2. to stop

  3. to take rest

  4. to desist from

  5. to regain strength

Related

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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