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ἀνθεστιάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνθεστιάω

Structure: ἀντ (Prefix) + ἑστιά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)nti/, e(stia/w

Sense

  1. to entertain in return or mutually

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνθεστίω ἀνθεστίᾳς ἀνθεστίᾳ
Dual ἀνθεστίᾱτον ἀνθεστίᾱτον
Plural ἀνθεστίωμεν ἀνθεστίᾱτε ἀνθεστίωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνθεστίω ἀνθεστίῃς ἀνθεστίῃ
Dual ἀνθεστίητον ἀνθεστίητον
Plural ἀνθεστίωμεν ἀνθεστίητε ἀνθεστίωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀνθεστίῳμι ἀνθεστίῳς ἀνθεστίῳ
Dual ἀνθεστίῳτον ἀνθεστιῷτην
Plural ἀνθεστίῳμεν ἀνθεστίῳτε ἀνθεστίῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἀνθεστῖᾱ ἀνθεστιᾶτω
Dual ἀνθεστίᾱτον ἀνθεστιᾶτων
Plural ἀνθεστίᾱτε ἀνθεστιῶντων, ἀνθεστιᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἀνθεστίᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνθεστιων ἀνθεστιωντος ἀνθεστιωσα ἀνθεστιωσης ἀνθεστιων ἀνθεστιωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀνθεστίωμαι ἀνθεστίᾳ ἀνθεστίᾱται
Dual ἀνθεστίᾱσθον ἀνθεστίᾱσθον
Plural ἀνθεστιῶμεθα ἀνθεστίᾱσθε ἀνθεστίωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀνθεστίωμαι ἀνθεστίῃ ἀνθεστίηται
Dual ἀνθεστίησθον ἀνθεστίησθον
Plural ἀνθεστιώμεθα ἀνθεστίησθε ἀνθεστίωνται
OptativeSingular ἀνθεστιῷμην ἀνθεστίῳο ἀνθεστίῳτο
Dual ἀνθεστίῳσθον ἀνθεστιῷσθην
Plural ἀνθεστιῷμεθα ἀνθεστίῳσθε ἀνθεστίῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἀνθεστίω ἀνθεστιᾶσθω
Dual ἀνθεστίᾱσθον ἀνθεστιᾶσθων
Plural ἀνθεστίᾱσθε ἀνθεστιᾶσθων, ἀνθεστιᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀνθεστίᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀνθεστιωμενος ἀνθεστιωμενου ἀνθεστιωμενη ἀνθεστιωμενης ἀνθεστιωμενον ἀνθεστιωμενου

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

  • τῇ δ’ ὑστεραίᾳ πάλιν ἀνθεστιῶν αὐτὴν ἐφιλοτιμήθη μὲν ὑπερβαλέσθαι τὴν λαμπρότητα καὶ τὴν ἐμμέλειαν, ἀμφοῖν δὲ λειπόμενοσ, καὶ κρατούμενοσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἐκείνοισ, πρῶτοσ ἔσκωπτεν εἰσ αὐχμὸν καὶ ἀγροικίαν τὰ παρ’ αὑτῷ. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 27 1:1)

Derived

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

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