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ἀνήκω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνήκω

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

Sense

  1. to have come up to, reach up to, reaching up, to reach up
  2. amounts, have gone as far as, it has come to, has become
  3. to appertain, be fit or proper, what is fit and proper

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνήκω ἀνήκεις ἀνήκει
Dual ἀνήκετον ἀνήκετον
Plural ἀνήκομεν ἀνήκετε ἀνήκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνήκω ἀνήκῃς ἀνήκῃ
Dual ἀνήκητον ἀνήκητον
Plural ἀνήκωμεν ἀνήκητε ἀνήκωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀνήκοιμι ἀνήκοις ἀνήκοι
Dual ἀνήκοιτον ἀνηκοίτην
Plural ἀνήκοιμεν ἀνήκοιτε ἀνήκοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀνήκε ἀνηκέτω
Dual ἀνήκετον ἀνηκέτων
Plural ἀνήκετε ἀνηκόντων, ἀνηκέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀνήκειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνηκων ἀνηκοντος ἀνηκουσα ἀνηκουσης ἀνηκον ἀνηκοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνήκομαι ἀνήκει, ἀνήκῃ ἀνήκεται
Dual ἀνήκεσθον ἀνήκεσθον
Plural ἀνηκόμεθα ἀνήκεσθε ἀνήκονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνήκωμαι ἀνήκῃ ἀνήκηται
Dual ἀνήκησθον ἀνήκησθον
Plural ἀνηκώμεθα ἀνήκησθε ἀνήκωνται
OptativeSingular ἀνηκοίμην ἀνήκοιο ἀνήκοιτο
Dual ἀνήκοισθον ἀνηκοίσθην
Plural ἀνηκοίμεθα ἀνήκοισθε ἀνήκοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀνήκου ἀνηκέσθω
Dual ἀνήκεσθον ἀνηκέσθων
Plural ἀνήκεσθε ἀνηκέσθων, ἀνηκέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀνήκεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνηκομενος ἀνηκομενου ἀνηκομενη ἀνηκομενης ἀνηκομενον ἀνηκομενου

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

  • ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ πρὸσ ἀνατολὰσ ἀνήκοντοσ ἀκρωτηρίου φασὶ θεωρεῖσθαι τὴν Ἰνδικὴν ἀέριον διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ τοῦ διαστήματοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 42 3:2)
  • ὁ στρατηγὸσ συνεχώρησεν, δεδόχθαι τῷ δήμῳ, τοῦ πράγματοσ Ῥωμαίοισ ἀνήκοντοσ, μηδένα κωλύεσθαι παρατηρεῖν τὴν τῶν σαββάτων ἡμέραν μηδὲ πράττεσθαι ἐπιτίμιον, ἐπιτετράφθαι δ’ αὐτοῖσ πάντα ποιεῖν κατὰ τοὺσ ἰδίουσ αὐτῶν νόμουσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 14 337:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐκ περιττοῦ παρελκόμενα τοῖσ ἐπιτηδεύμασι χάριν τῆσ ἐν ἑκάστοισ ἐπιφάσεωσ καὶ στωμυλίασ πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἀποδοκιμάζων, παραπλησίωσ δὲ καὶ τὸ πορρωτέρω τοῦ πρὸσ τὴν χρείαν ἀνήκοντοσ ἐπιτάττειν, περὶ τἀναγκαῖα φιλοτιμότατόσ εἰμι καὶ σπουδάζων. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, chapter 20 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. to have come up to

Related

Derived

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

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