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ἀνηβάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνηβάω

Structure: ἀν (Prefix) + ἡβά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to grow young again

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνήβω ἀνήβᾳς ἀνήβᾳ
Dual ἀνήβᾱτον ἀνήβᾱτον
Plural ἀνήβωμεν ἀνήβᾱτε ἀνήβωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνήβω ἀνήβῃς ἀνήβῃ
Dual ἀνήβητον ἀνήβητον
Plural ἀνήβωμεν ἀνήβητε ἀνήβωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀνήβῳμι ἀνήβῳς ἀνήβῳ
Dual ἀνήβῳτον ἀνηβῷτην
Plural ἀνήβῳμεν ἀνήβῳτε ἀνήβῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἀνῆβᾱ ἀνηβᾶτω
Dual ἀνήβᾱτον ἀνηβᾶτων
Plural ἀνήβᾱτε ἀνηβῶντων, ἀνηβᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἀνήβᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνηβων ἀνηβωντος ἀνηβωσα ἀνηβωσης ἀνηβων ἀνηβωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνήβωμαι ἀνήβᾳ ἀνήβᾱται
Dual ἀνήβᾱσθον ἀνήβᾱσθον
Plural ἀνηβῶμεθα ἀνήβᾱσθε ἀνήβωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνήβωμαι ἀνήβῃ ἀνήβηται
Dual ἀνήβησθον ἀνήβησθον
Plural ἀνηβώμεθα ἀνήβησθε ἀνήβωνται
OptativeSingular ἀνηβῷμην ἀνήβῳο ἀνήβῳτο
Dual ἀνήβῳσθον ἀνηβῷσθην
Plural ἀνηβῷμεθα ἀνήβῳσθε ἀνήβῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἀνήβω ἀνηβᾶσθω
Dual ἀνήβᾱσθον ἀνηβᾶσθων
Plural ἀνήβᾱσθε ἀνηβᾶσθων, ἀνηβᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀνήβᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνηβωμενος ἀνηβωμενου ἀνηβωμενη ἀνηβωμενης ἀνηβωμενον ἀνηβωμενου

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

  • τῷ λόγῳ δὲ νῦν ἂν μάλιστα ἀνηβᾶν καὶ ἀνθεῖν καὶ ἀκμάζειν καθ’ ὡρ́αν εἰή καὶ ἕλκειν τῶν ὤτων ὅσουσ ἂν πλείστουσ δύνηται, καὶ τοξεύειν πολλάκισ, ὡσ οὐδέν γε δέοσ μὴ κενωθεὶσ λάθοι ὁ γωρυτὸσ αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:2)
  • τετταράκοντα δὲ ἐπιβαίνοντα ἐτῶν ἐν τοῖσ συσσιτίοισ εὐωχηθέντα καλεῖν τούσ τε ἄλλουσ θεοὺσ καὶ δὴ καὶ Διόνυσον παρακαλεῖν εἰσ τὴν τῶν πρεσβυτῶν τελετὴν ἅμα καὶ παιδιάν, ἣν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἐπίκουρον τῆσ τοῦ γήρωσ αὐστηρότητοσ ἐδωρήσατο τὸν οἶνον φάρμακον, ὥστε ἀνηβᾶν ἡμᾶσ καὶ δυσθυμίασ λήθην γίγνεσθαι καὶ ἑξῆσ δέ φησι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 55 1:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀνηβᾶν δὶσ πέλεται πρὸσ θεῶν οὐδὲ λύσισ θανάτου θνητοῖσ ἀνθρώποισι· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389564)
  • τετταράκοντα δὲ ἐπιβαίνοντα ἐτῶν, ἐν τοῖσ συσσιτίοισ εὐωχηθέντα, καλεῖν τούσ τε ἄλλουσ θεοὺσ καὶ δὴ καὶ Διόνυσον παρακαλεῖν εἰσ τὴν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τελετὴν ἅμα καὶ παιδιάν, ἣν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἐπίκουρον τῆσ τοῦ γήρωσ αὐστηρότητοσ ἐδωρήσατο τὸν οἶνον φάρμακον, ὥστε ἀνηβᾶν ἡμᾶσ, καὶ δυσθυμίασ λήθῃ γίγνεσθαι μαλακώτερον ἐκ σκληροτέρου τὸ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἦθοσ, καθάπερ εἰσ πῦρ σίδηρον ἐντεθέντα γιγνόμενον, καὶ οὕτωσ εὐπλαστότερον εἶναι; (Plato, Laws, book 2 84:1)

Synonyms

  1. to grow young again

Derived

  • ἐφηβάω (to come to man's estate, grow up to manhood)
  • ἡβάω (to be at man's estate, to be in the prime of youth, in the prime and pride of life)
  • παρηβάω (to be past one's prime, to be growing old)

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

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