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ἀριστεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀριστεύω

Structure: ἀριστεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: from a)risteu/s

Sense

  1. to be best or bravest, to gain the prize for valour, gain the highest distinction
  2. he was the best, was best, to be best in

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀριστεύω ἀριστεύεις ἀριστεύει
Dual ἀριστεύετον ἀριστεύετον
Plural ἀριστεύομεν ἀριστεύετε ἀριστεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀριστεύω ἀριστεύῃς ἀριστεύῃ
Dual ἀριστεύητον ἀριστεύητον
Plural ἀριστεύωμεν ἀριστεύητε ἀριστεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀριστεύοιμι ἀριστεύοις ἀριστεύοι
Dual ἀριστεύοιτον ἀριστευοίτην
Plural ἀριστεύοιμεν ἀριστεύοιτε ἀριστεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀρίστευε ἀριστευέτω
Dual ἀριστεύετον ἀριστευέτων
Plural ἀριστεύετε ἀριστευόντων, ἀριστευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἀριστεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀριστευων ἀριστευοντος ἀριστευουσα ἀριστευουσης ἀριστευον ἀριστευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀριστεύομαι ἀριστεύει, ἀριστεύῃ ἀριστεύεται
Dual ἀριστεύεσθον ἀριστεύεσθον
Plural ἀριστευόμεθα ἀριστεύεσθε ἀριστεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀριστεύωμαι ἀριστεύῃ ἀριστεύηται
Dual ἀριστεύησθον ἀριστεύησθον
Plural ἀριστευώμεθα ἀριστεύησθε ἀριστεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἀριστευοίμην ἀριστεύοιο ἀριστεύοιτο
Dual ἀριστεύοισθον ἀριστευοίσθην
Plural ἀριστευοίμεθα ἀριστεύοισθε ἀριστεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀριστεύου ἀριστευέσθω
Dual ἀριστεύεσθον ἀριστευέσθων
Plural ἀριστεύεσθε ἀριστευέσθων, ἀριστευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀριστεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀριστευομενος ἀριστευομενου ἀριστευομενη ἀριστευομενης ἀριστευομενον ἀριστευομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠρίστευον ἠρίστευες ἠρίστευεν*
Dual ἠριστεύετον ἠριστευέτην
Plural ἠριστεύομεν ἠριστεύετε ἠρίστευον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠριστευόμην ἠριστεύου ἠριστεύετο
Dual ἠριστεύεσθον ἠριστευέσθην
Plural ἠριστευόμεθα ἠριστεύεσθε ἠριστεύοντο

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

  • κάλλει ἀριστεύουσα θεάων πότν’ Ἀφροδίτα, σοὶ τήνα μεμέλητο· (Theocritus, Idylls, 24)

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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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