Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἐπώνυμον δὲ τῶν Διὸσ γεννημάτων τέξεισ κελαινὸν Ἔπαφον, ὃσ καρπώσεται ὅσην πλατύρρουσ Νεῖλοσ ἀρδεύει χθόνα· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric 12:3)
  • νύμφαι ἐφυδριάδεσ, Δώρου γένοσ, ἀρδεύοιτε τοῦτον Τιμοκλέουσ κᾶπον ἐπεσσύμεναι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3291)
  • ἀγαθὴ δ’ ἐστὶ φοινικόφυτοσ ὅσην αὐτῆσ συμβαίνει διειλῆφθαι ποταμοῖσ χρησίμοισ ἢ πηγαῖσ δυναμέναισ ἀρδεύειν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 98 1:12)
  • ἡ δ’ ἀνὰ μέσον χώρα, δι’ ἧσ ἦν ἀναγκαῖον πορευθῆναι, διείληπτο κηπείαισ καὶ παντοίαισ φυτουργίαισ, πολλῶν ὑδάτων διωχετευμένων καὶ πάντα τόπον ἀρδευόντων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 8 3:1)
  • Ἀλεξάνδρῳ γὰρ ἐξ Ἰνδῶν ἐσ Βαβυλῶνα ἐπανελθόντι, καὶ τὰσ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ Βαβυλωνίᾳ λίμνασ ἐπὶ χρείᾳ τοῦ τὸν Εὐφράτην τὴν Ἀσσυρίδα γῆν ἀρδεύειν περιπλέοντι, ἄνεμοσ ἐμπεσὼν ἡρ́πασε τὸ διάδημα, καὶ φερόμενον ἐκρεμάσθη δόνακοσ ἐν τάφῳ τινὸσ ἀρχαίου βασιλέωσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 5:9)

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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