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ἀρδεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρδεύω

Structure: ἀρδεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: = a)/rdw

Sense

  1. to water

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀρδεύω ἀρδεύεις ἀρδεύει
Dual ἀρδεύετον ἀρδεύετον
Plural ἀρδεύομεν ἀρδεύετε ἀρδεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀρδεύω ἀρδεύῃς ἀρδεύῃ
Dual ἀρδεύητον ἀρδεύητον
Plural ἀρδεύωμεν ἀρδεύητε ἀρδεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀρδεύοιμι ἀρδεύοις ἀρδεύοι
Dual ἀρδεύοιτον ἀρδευοίτην
Plural ἀρδεύοιμεν ἀρδεύοιτε ἀρδεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ά̓ρδευε ἀρδευέτω
Dual ἀρδεύετον ἀρδευέτων
Plural ἀρδεύετε ἀρδευόντων, ἀρδευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀρδεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀρδευων ἀρδευοντος ἀρδευουσα ἀρδευουσης ἀρδευον ἀρδευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀρδεύομαι ἀρδεύει, ἀρδεύῃ ἀρδεύεται
Dual ἀρδεύεσθον ἀρδεύεσθον
Plural ἀρδευόμεθα ἀρδεύεσθε ἀρδεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀρδεύωμαι ἀρδεύῃ ἀρδεύηται
Dual ἀρδεύησθον ἀρδεύησθον
Plural ἀρδευώμεθα ἀρδεύησθε ἀρδεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἀρδευοίμην ἀρδεύοιο ἀρδεύοιτο
Dual ἀρδεύοισθον ἀρδευοίσθην
Plural ἀρδευοίμεθα ἀρδεύοισθε ἀρδεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀρδεύου ἀρδευέσθω
Dual ἀρδεύεσθον ἀρδευέσθων
Plural ἀρδεύεσθε ἀρδευέσθων, ἀρδευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀρδεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀρδευομενος ἀρδευομενου ἀρδευομενη ἀρδευομενης ἀρδευομενον ἀρδευομενου

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

  • ἡ γὰρ Ἰνδικὴ χώρα διάφοροσ οὖσα τῷ κάλλει καὶ πολλοῖσ διειλημμένη ποταμοῖσ ἀρδεύεταί τε πολλαχοῦ καὶ διττοὺσ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν ἐκφέρει καρπούσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 16 3:1)
  • τὰ πολλὰ δὲ τῆσ χώρασ ἀρδεύεται, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο διττοὺσ ἔχει τοὺσ κατ’ ἔτοσ καρπούσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 35 3:2)
  • διαρρεομένη γὰρ ποταμοῖσ πλωτοῖσ ἐκ τούτων ἀρδεύεται, καὶ πολλοὺσ μὲν ἔχει παραδείσουσ καταφύτουσ παντοίοισ δένδρεσι, παμπληθεῖσ δὲ κηπείασ διειλημμένασ ὕδασι γλυκέσιν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 19 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. to water

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

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