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ἀπάγχω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπάγχω

Structure: ἀπ (Prefix) + ά̓γχ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to strangle, throttle, to choke with anger, to hang oneself, to be hanged, to be ready to choke

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπάγχω ἀπάγχεις ἀπάγχει
Dual ἀπάγχετον ἀπάγχετον
Plural ἀπάγχομεν ἀπάγχετε ἀπάγχουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπάγχω ἀπάγχῃς ἀπάγχῃ
Dual ἀπάγχητον ἀπάγχητον
Plural ἀπάγχωμεν ἀπάγχητε ἀπάγχωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀπάγχοιμι ἀπάγχοις ἀπάγχοι
Dual ἀπάγχοιτον ἀπαγχοίτην
Plural ἀπάγχοιμεν ἀπάγχοιτε ἀπάγχοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀπάγχε ἀπαγχέτω
Dual ἀπάγχετον ἀπαγχέτων
Plural ἀπάγχετε ἀπαγχόντων, ἀπαγχέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀπάγχειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀπαγχων ἀπαγχοντος ἀπαγχουσα ἀπαγχουσης ἀπαγχον ἀπαγχοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπάγχομαι ἀπάγχει, ἀπάγχῃ ἀπάγχεται
Dual ἀπάγχεσθον ἀπάγχεσθον
Plural ἀπαγχόμεθα ἀπάγχεσθε ἀπάγχονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπάγχωμαι ἀπάγχῃ ἀπάγχηται
Dual ἀπάγχησθον ἀπάγχησθον
Plural ἀπαγχώμεθα ἀπάγχησθε ἀπάγχωνται
OptativeSingular ἀπαγχοίμην ἀπάγχοιο ἀπάγχοιτο
Dual ἀπάγχοισθον ἀπαγχοίσθην
Plural ἀπαγχοίμεθα ἀπάγχοισθε ἀπάγχοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀπάγχου ἀπαγχέσθω
Dual ἀπάγχεσθον ἀπαγχέσθων
Plural ἀπάγχεσθε ἀπαγχέσθων, ἀπαγχέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀπάγχεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀπαγχομενος ἀπαγχομενου ἀπαγχομενη ἀπαγχομενης ἀπαγχομενον ἀπαγχομενου

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

  • καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ ἐπιταττόμενοσ φοιτᾷσ, ὃ μάλιστά μ’ ἀπάγχει, ὅταν εἰσελθὸν μειράκιόν σοι κατάπυγον, Χαιρέου υἱόσ, ὡδὶ διαβὰσ διακινηθεὶσ τῷ σώματι καὶ τρυφερανθείσ, ἥκειν εἴπῃ πρῲ κἀν ὡρ́ᾳ δικάσονθ’, ὡσ ὅστισ ἂν ὑμῶν ὕστεροσ ἔλθῃ τοῦ σημείου, τὸ τριώβολον οὐ κομιεῖται· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antepirrheme23)

Synonyms

  1. to strangle

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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