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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

  • νῦν δὴ Ζεὺσ κράτοσ ὔμμι διδοῖ μακάρεσσιν ἀνάσσων Κύκνον τ’ ἐξεναρεῖν καὶ ἀπὸ κλυτὰ τεύχεα δῦσαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 31:2)
  • ἔνθ’ ἐκτραφεὶσ κάλλιστα Παρθένων ὕπο, Θρῄκησ ἀνάσσων πρῶτοσ ἦσθ’ ἀνδρῶν, τέκνον. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 2:3)
  • τρέε δ’ Αἴδησ, ἐνέροισι καταφθιμένοισιν ἀνάσσων, Τιτῆνέσ θ’ ὑποταρτάριοι, Κρόνον ἀμφὶσ ἐόντεσ, ἀσβέστου κελάδοιο καὶ αἰνῆσ δηιοτῆτοσ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 78:14)
  • φυγάδοσ δῆτα δειμαίνεισ δόλον, πόλεωσ ἀνάσσων; (Euripides, episode 4:11)
  • ὦ τῆσδ’ ἀνάσσων Ἑλλάδοσ στρατηγίασ, Ἀγάμεμνον, οὐ μὴ ναῦσ ἀφορμίσῃ χθονόσ, πρὶν ἂν κόρην σὴν Ἰφιγένειαν Ἄρτεμισ λάβῃ σφαγεῖσαν· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 1:6)

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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