Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὗτοι δὲ τοὺσ μὲν ἀγαθοὺσ τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ δικαίουσ καὶ κατ’ ἀρετὴν βεβιωκότασ, ἐπειδὰν συναλισθῶσι πολλοί, καθάπερ εἰσ ἀποικίαν τινὰ πέμπουσιν εἰσ τὸ Ἠλύσιον πεδίον τῷ ἀρίστῳ βίῳ συνεσομένουσ. (Lucian, (no name) 7:3)
  • ἣ δὲ θεῷ δμηθεῖσα καὶ ἀνέρι πολλὸν ἀρίστῳ Θήβῃ ἐν ἑπταπύλῳ διδυμάονε γείνατο παῖδε, οὐ καθ’ ὁμὰ φρονέοντε· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 3:5)
  • τὼ ἐργάζεσθαι ἀρίστω. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:16)
  • ὦ ξένε, πολλοὶ μὲν καὶ ἄλλοι χρηστοὶ καὶ δεξιοὶ ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ οὐκ αν ἀλλαχόθι τοσούτουσ εὑρ́οισ ἄνδρασ ἀγαθούσ, δύο δὲ μάλιστά ἐστον ἡμῖν ἄνδρε ἀρίστω, γένει μὲν καὶ ἀξιώματι πολὺ προὔχοντοσ ἁπάντων, παιδείᾳ δὲ καὶ λόγων δυνάμει τῇ Ἀττικῇ δεκάδι παραβάλλοισ ἄν· (Lucian, Scytha 21:2)
  • τὼ ἀρίστω βίω πωλῶ, τὼ σοφωτάτω πάντων ἀποκηρύττομεν. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 13:5)

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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