Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀποσπάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποσπάω

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

Sense

  1. to tear or drag away from, to tear, from, to tear, away, to drag away for oneself, to be dragged away, detached, separated from
  2. to tear off
  3. to draw off, having drawn off, to be separated, broken

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπόσπω ἀπόσπᾳς ἀπόσπᾳ
Dual ἀπόσπᾱτον ἀπόσπᾱτον
Plural ἀπόσπωμεν ἀπόσπᾱτε ἀπόσπωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπόσπω ἀπόσπῃς ἀπόσπῃ
Dual ἀπόσπητον ἀπόσπητον
Plural ἀπόσπωμεν ἀπόσπητε ἀπόσπωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀπόσπῳμι ἀπόσπῳς ἀπόσπῳ
Dual ἀπόσπῳτον ἀποσπῷτην
Plural ἀπόσπῳμεν ἀπόσπῳτε ἀπόσπῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἀπόσπᾱ ἀποσπᾶτω
Dual ἀπόσπᾱτον ἀποσπᾶτων
Plural ἀπόσπᾱτε ἀποσπῶντων, ἀποσπᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἀπόσπᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀποσπων ἀποσπωντος ἀποσπωσα ἀποσπωσης ἀποσπων ἀποσπωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπόσπωμαι ἀπόσπᾳ ἀπόσπᾱται
Dual ἀπόσπᾱσθον ἀπόσπᾱσθον
Plural ἀποσπῶμεθα ἀπόσπᾱσθε ἀπόσπωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπόσπωμαι ἀπόσπῃ ἀπόσπηται
Dual ἀπόσπησθον ἀπόσπησθον
Plural ἀποσπώμεθα ἀπόσπησθε ἀπόσπωνται
OptativeSingular ἀποσπῷμην ἀπόσπῳο ἀπόσπῳτο
Dual ἀπόσπῳσθον ἀποσπῷσθην
Plural ἀποσπῷμεθα ἀπόσπῳσθε ἀπόσπῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἀπόσπω ἀποσπᾶσθω
Dual ἀπόσπᾱσθον ἀποσπᾶσθων
Plural ἀπόσπᾱσθε ἀποσπᾶσθων, ἀποσπᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀπόσπᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀποσπωμενος ἀποσπωμενου ἀποσπωμενη ἀποσπωμενης ἀποσπωμενον ἀποσπωμενου

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

  • φρίξασ δ’ αὐτοκόμου λοφιᾶσ λασιαύχενα χαίταν, δεινὸν ἐπισκύνιον ξυνάγων βρυχώμενοσ ἥσει ῥήματα γομφοπαγῆ πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν γηγενεῖ φυσήματι· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Choral, strophe 31)
  • "ὁ δὲ Κωλώτησ ὅτι φωνάσ τινασ ἐρήμουσ πραγμάτων ἀποσπῶν καὶ μέρη λόγων καὶ σπαράγματα κωφὰ τοῦ βεβαιοῦντοσ καὶ συνεργοῦντοσ πρὸσ νόησιν καὶ πίστιν ἕλκων ὥσπερ ἀγορὰν ἢ πίνακα τεράτων συντίθησι τὸ βιβλίον, ἴστε δήπου παντὸσ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖσ,ἔφην, τὰ συγγράμματα τῶν παλαιῶν διὰ χειρὸσ ἔχοντεσ. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 32)
  • καὶ μαθὼν τὸ ὄνομα πέτρασ ἀποσπῶν ἠκόντιζεν εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν, μόλισ δὲ ἡ ναῦσ σώζεται πρὸσ τὰσ πέτρασ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 7 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. to tear or drag away from

  2. to tear off

  3. to draw off

Derived

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

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