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

  • καὶ τὰσ μὲν ἡμέρασ συνῆν τῷ Ἀντιφίλῳ παραμυθούμενοσ, ἐπεὶ δὲ νὺξ καταλάβοι, ὀλίγον πρὸ τῆσ θύρασ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου στιβάδιόν τι ποιησάμενοσ καὶ φύλλα ὑποβαλόμενοσ ἀνεπαύετο. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 30:1)
  • Νικοβούλη δὲ ἢ ὁ ἀναθεὶσ ταύτῃ τὰ συγγράμματά φησιν ὅτι παρὰ Μηδείῳ τῷ Θεσσαλῷ δειπνῶν ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ εἴκοσιν οὖσιν ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ πᾶσι προὔπιε, παρὰ πάντων τὰ ἴσα λαμβάνων, καὶ ἀναστὰσ ἐκ τοῦ συμποσίου μετ’ οὐ πολὺ ἀνεπαύετο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 44 2:8)
  • "τὴν γὰρ Ἀχιλλέωσ κέκτημαι, πρὸσ ἣν ἐκεῖνοσ ἀνεπαύετο ἀείδε δ’ ἄρα κλέα ἀνδρῶν· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 10 1:3)
  • καὶ Βροῦτοσ μὲν ἐν ἐλπίσι καλαῖσ καὶ λογισμοῖσ φιλοσόφοισ γενόμενοσ παρὰ τὸ δεῖπνον ἀνεπαύετο· (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 40 1:1)
  • μαστιγίασ μώλωπασ ὑψηλοὺσ ἔχων μετὰ τῆσ Γναθαίνησ ἀπὸ τύχησ ἀνεπαύετο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 43 3:2)

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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