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ἀνιχνεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνιχνεύω

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

Etym.: a)na/, i)xneu/w

Sense

  1. to trace back, to trace out

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνιχνεύω ἀνιχνεύεις ἀνιχνεύει
Dual ἀνιχνεύετον ἀνιχνεύετον
Plural ἀνιχνεύομεν ἀνιχνεύετε ἀνιχνεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνιχνεύω ἀνιχνεύῃς ἀνιχνεύῃ
Dual ἀνιχνεύητον ἀνιχνεύητον
Plural ἀνιχνεύωμεν ἀνιχνεύητε ἀνιχνεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀνιχνεύοιμι ἀνιχνεύοις ἀνιχνεύοι
Dual ἀνιχνεύοιτον ἀνιχνευοίτην
Plural ἀνιχνεύοιμεν ἀνιχνεύοιτε ἀνιχνεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀνίχνευε ἀνιχνευέτω
Dual ἀνιχνεύετον ἀνιχνευέτων
Plural ἀνιχνεύετε ἀνιχνευόντων, ἀνιχνευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀνιχνεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνιχνευων ἀνιχνευοντος ἀνιχνευουσα ἀνιχνευουσης ἀνιχνευον ἀνιχνευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνιχνεύομαι ἀνιχνεύει, ἀνιχνεύῃ ἀνιχνεύεται
Dual ἀνιχνεύεσθον ἀνιχνεύεσθον
Plural ἀνιχνευόμεθα ἀνιχνεύεσθε ἀνιχνεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνιχνεύωμαι ἀνιχνεύῃ ἀνιχνεύηται
Dual ἀνιχνεύησθον ἀνιχνεύησθον
Plural ἀνιχνευώμεθα ἀνιχνεύησθε ἀνιχνεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἀνιχνευοίμην ἀνιχνεύοιο ἀνιχνεύοιτο
Dual ἀνιχνεύοισθον ἀνιχνευοίσθην
Plural ἀνιχνευοίμεθα ἀνιχνεύοισθε ἀνιχνεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀνιχνεύου ἀνιχνευέσθω
Dual ἀνιχνεύεσθον ἀνιχνευέσθων
Plural ἀνιχνεύεσθε ἀνιχνευέσθων, ἀνιχνευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀνιχνεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνιχνευομενος ἀνιχνευομενου ἀνιχνευομενη ἀνιχνευομενης ἀνιχνευομενον ἀνιχνευομενου

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

  • πάντα δὲ ἀνίχνευέν τε καὶ πρὸσ τὸν ἀδελφὸν μειζόνωσ ἐκδεινοῦσα ἀπεσήμαινεν συνόδουσ τε κρυπτὰσ καὶ πότουσ βουλευτήριά τε ἀφανῶσ κατεσκευασμένα, ὧν μὴ ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ τῷ ἐκείνου συντιθεμένων κἂν πεφανερῶσθαι μὴ κεκωλῦσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 47:3)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν ταῦτ’ ἀνίχνευέν τε καὶ ἀκριβῶν τυγχάνουσα τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἀνέφερεν συνιέντι μὲν ἤδη τὰ πολλὰ καὶ δι’ ἑαυτοῦ, εἰσ δὲ τὸ θαρσεῖν οὐ διακενῆσ ὑπονοῶν καθισταμένῳ διαβολαῖσ τῆσ ἀδελφῆσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 49:1)

Synonyms

  1. to trace back

Derived

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

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