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ἀριστάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀριστάω

Structure: ἀριστά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to take breakfast or luncheon

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀρίστω ἀρίστᾳς ἀρίστᾳ
Dual ἀρίστᾱτον ἀρίστᾱτον
Plural ἀρίστωμεν ἀρίστᾱτε ἀρίστωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀρίστω ἀρίστῃς ἀρίστῃ
Dual ἀρίστητον ἀρίστητον
Plural ἀρίστωμεν ἀρίστητε ἀρίστωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀρίστῳμι ἀρίστῳς ἀρίστῳ
Dual ἀρίστῳτον ἀριστῷτην
Plural ἀρίστῳμεν ἀρίστῳτε ἀρίστῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἀρῖστᾱ ἀριστᾶτω
Dual ἀρίστᾱτον ἀριστᾶτων
Plural ἀρίστᾱτε ἀριστῶντων, ἀριστᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἀρίστᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀριστων ἀριστωντος ἀριστωσα ἀριστωσης ἀριστων ἀριστωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀρίστωμαι ἀρίστᾳ ἀρίστᾱται
Dual ἀρίστᾱσθον ἀρίστᾱσθον
Plural ἀριστῶμεθα ἀρίστᾱσθε ἀρίστωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀρίστωμαι ἀρίστῃ ἀρίστηται
Dual ἀρίστησθον ἀρίστησθον
Plural ἀριστώμεθα ἀρίστησθε ἀρίστωνται
OptativeSingular ἀριστῷμην ἀρίστῳο ἀρίστῳτο
Dual ἀρίστῳσθον ἀριστῷσθην
Plural ἀριστῷμεθα ἀρίστῳσθε ἀρίστῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἀρίστω ἀριστᾶσθω
Dual ἀρίστᾱσθον ἀριστᾶσθων
Plural ἀρίστᾱσθε ἀριστᾶσθων, ἀριστᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀρίστᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀριστωμενος ἀριστωμενου ἀριστωμενη ἀριστωμενης ἀριστωμενον ἀριστωμενου

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

  • ἡτοίμασαν δὲ τὰ δῶρα ἕωσ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ μεσημβρίασ. ἤκουσαν γὰρ ὅτι ἐκεῖ μέλλει ἀριστᾶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:24)
  • ὦ τῆσ μεγάλησ ἐπιθυμήσασ σοφίασ ἄνθρωπε παρ’ ἡμῶν, ὡσ εὐδαίμων ἐν Ἀθηναίοισ καὶ τοῖσ Ἕλλησι γενήσει, εἰ μνήμων εἶ καὶ φροντιστὴσ καὶ τὸ ταλαίπωρον ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, καὶ μὴ κάμνεισ μήθ’ ἑστὼσ μήτε βαδίζων, μήτε ῥιγῶν ἄχθει λίαν μήτ’ ἀριστᾶν ἐπιθυμεῖσ, οἴνου τ’ ἀπέχει καὶ γυμνασίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνοήτων, καὶ βέλτιστον τοῦτο νομίζεισ, ὅπερ εἰκὸσ δεξιὸν ἄνδρα, νικᾶν πράττων καὶ βουλεύων καὶ τῇ γλώττῃ πολεμίζων. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests 1:17)
  • πότε τοίνυν ἔσχεν ἀρχὴν πότε δ’ ἕξει τελευτὴν τὸ ἀριστᾶν τὸ γράφειν τὸ βαδίζειν, εἰ πᾶσ μὲν ὁ ἀριστῶν ἠρίστησε καὶ ἀριστήσει πᾶσ δ’ ὁ βαδίζων ἐβάδιζε καὶ βαδιεῖται; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 42 4:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ἡμέτεροσ καθηγητὴσ Ἀμμώνιοσ ἐν δειλινῇ διατριβῇ τῶν γνωρίμων τινὰσ αἰσθόμενοσ ἠριστηκότασ οὐχ ἁπλοῦν ἄριστον ἐκέλευσεν ἰδίῳ παιδὶ πληγὰσ ἐμβαλεῖν τὸν ἀπελεύθερον, ἐπειπὼν ὅτι χωρὶσ ὄξουσ ἀριστᾶν οὐ δύναται. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 31 3:1)
  • καὶ τοὺσ πρώτουσ εὐθὺσ ἀριστᾶν κελεύων εἰσ τάξιν καθίστη. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 29 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. to take breakfast or luncheon

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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