Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπολυτρόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπολυτρόω

Structure: ἀπο (Prefix) + λυτρό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to release on payment of ransom

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπολύτρω ἀπολύτροις ἀπολύτροι
Dual ἀπολύτρουτον ἀπολύτρουτον
Plural ἀπολύτρουμεν ἀπολύτρουτε ἀπολύτρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπολύτρω ἀπολύτροις ἀπολύτροι
Dual ἀπολύτρωτον ἀπολύτρωτον
Plural ἀπολύτρωμεν ἀπολύτρωτε ἀπολύτρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀπολύτροιμι ἀπολύτροις ἀπολύτροι
Dual ἀπολύτροιτον ἀπολυτροίτην
Plural ἀπολύτροιμεν ἀπολύτροιτε ἀπολύτροιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀπολῦτρου ἀπολυτροῦτω
Dual ἀπολύτρουτον ἀπολυτροῦτων
Plural ἀπολύτρουτε ἀπολυτροῦντων, ἀπολυτροῦτωσαν
Infinitive ἀπολύτρουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀπολυτρων ἀπολυτρουντος ἀπολυτρουσα ἀπολυτρουσης ἀπολυτρουν ἀπολυτρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπολύτρουμαι ἀπολύτροι ἀπολύτρουται
Dual ἀπολύτρουσθον ἀπολύτρουσθον
Plural ἀπολυτροῦμεθα ἀπολύτρουσθε ἀπολύτρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπολύτρωμαι ἀπολύτροι ἀπολύτρωται
Dual ἀπολύτρωσθον ἀπολύτρωσθον
Plural ἀπολυτρώμεθα ἀπολύτρωσθε ἀπολύτρωνται
OptativeSingular ἀπολυτροίμην ἀπολύτροιο ἀπολύτροιτο
Dual ἀπολύτροισθον ἀπολυτροίσθην
Plural ἀπολυτροίμεθα ἀπολύτροισθε ἀπολύτροιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀπολύτρου ἀπολυτροῦσθω
Dual ἀπολύτρουσθον ἀπολυτροῦσθων
Plural ἀπολύτρουσθε ἀπολυτροῦσθων, ἀπολυτροῦσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀπολύτρουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀπολυτρουμενος ἀπολυτρουμενου ἀπολυτρουμενη ἀπολυτρουμενης ἀπολυτρουμενον ἀπολυτρουμενου

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

  • τὰσ δὲ τῶν ἐνδόξων κεφαλὰσ κεδροῦντεσ ἐπεδείκνυον τοῖσ ξένοισ, καὶ οὐδὲ πρὸσ ἰσοστάσιον χρυσὸν ἀπολυτροῦν ἠξίουν. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 4 10:6)

Synonyms

  1. to release on payment of ransom

    • λυτρόω (to release on receipt of ransom, to hold to ransom, to be ransomed)

Derived

  • λυτρόω (to release on receipt of ransom, to hold to ransom, to be ransomed)

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

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