Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνάσσω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάσσω

Structure: ἀνάσς (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be lord, master, owner, to rule, to be lord of, rule over

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνάσσω ἀνάσσεις ἀνάσσει
Dual ἀνάσσετον ἀνάσσετον
Plural ἀνάσσομεν ἀνάσσετε ἀνάσσουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνάσσω ἀνάσσῃς ἀνάσσῃ
Dual ἀνάσσητον ἀνάσσητον
Plural ἀνάσσωμεν ἀνάσσητε ἀνάσσωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀνάσσοιμι ἀνάσσοις ἀνάσσοι
Dual ἀνάσσοιτον ἀνασσοίτην
Plural ἀνάσσοιμεν ἀνάσσοιτε ἀνάσσοιεν
ImperativeSingular ά̓νασσε ἀνασσέτω
Dual ἀνάσσετον ἀνασσέτων
Plural ἀνάσσετε ἀνασσόντων, ἀνασσέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀνάσσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνασσων ἀνασσοντος ἀνασσουσα ἀνασσουσης ἀνασσον ἀνασσοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνάσσομαι ἀνάσσει, ἀνάσσῃ ἀνάσσεται
Dual ἀνάσσεσθον ἀνάσσεσθον
Plural ἀνασσόμεθα ἀνάσσεσθε ἀνάσσονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνάσσωμαι ἀνάσσῃ ἀνάσσηται
Dual ἀνάσσησθον ἀνάσσησθον
Plural ἀνασσώμεθα ἀνάσσησθε ἀνάσσωνται
OptativeSingular ἀνασσοίμην ἀνάσσοιο ἀνάσσοιτο
Dual ἀνάσσοισθον ἀνασσοίσθην
Plural ἀνασσοίμεθα ἀνάσσοισθε ἀνάσσοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀνάσσου ἀνασσέσθω
Dual ἀνάσσεσθον ἀνασσέσθων
Plural ἀνάσσεσθε ἀνασσέσθων, ἀνασσέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀνάσσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνασσομενος ἀνασσομενου ἀνασσομενη ἀνασσομενης ἀνασσομενον ἀνασσομενου

Future tense

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

  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥα πόνον μάκαρεσ θεοὶ ἐξετέλεσσαν, Τιτήνεσσι δὲ τιμάων κρίναντο βίηφι, δή ῥα τότ’ ὤτρυνον βασιλευέμεν ἠδὲ ἀνάσσειν Γαίησ φραδμοσύνῃσιν Ὀλύμπιον εὐρύοπα Ζῆν ἀθανάτων· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 81:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ πατρὸσ δωμάτων προυσκεψάμην τοὐμόν τε καὶ τοῦδ’, ἐκφυγεῖν χρῄζων ἀρὰσ ἃσ Οἰδίπουσ ἐφθέγξατ’ εἰσ ἡμᾶσ ποτε, ἐξῆλθον ἔξω τῆσδ’ ἑκὼν αὐτὸσ χθονόσ, δοὺσ τῷδ’ ἀνάσσειν πατρίδοσ ἐνιαυτοῦ κύκλον, ὥστ’ αὐτὸσ ἄρχειν αὖθισ ἀνὰ μέροσ λαβὼν καὶ μὴ δι’ ἔχθρασ τῷδε καὶ φθόνου μολὼν κακόν τι δρᾶσαι καὶ παθεῖν, ἃ γίγνεται. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 7:4)
  • λόχων ἀνάσσειν ἑπτὰ προσκεῖσθαι πύλαισ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:3)
  • λόχων ἀνάσσειν ἢ μονοστόλου δορόσ; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:7)
  • μᾶλλον ἢ πάντων ἀνάσσειν τῶν νεκρῶν. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be lord

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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