ἀσκέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀσκέω
ἀσκήσω
ἤσκησα
ἤσκηκα
ἤσκημαι
ἠσκήθην
Structure:
ἀσκέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I work, form
- I adorn, decorate, trick out
- I honor, revere
- I practice, exercise, train (often, but not always, of athletics)
Conjugation
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.
- εἴπερ γ’ αὐτὸν σωθῆναι χρὴ καὶ μὴ λαλιὰν μόνον ἀσκῆσαι. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, proagon 1:6)
- καὶ ἄλλουσ δὲ ἀδίψουσ ἀσκῆσαι τοὺσ ἐρευνησομένουσ τὰσ ἐν Λιβύῃ ψάμμουσ, ὧν ὀλίγοι διεσώθησαν, οἶδα δὲ καὶ τοὺσ περὶ Μόσσυνον τῆσ Θρᾴκησ βοῦσ, οἳ ἰχθῦσ ἐσθίουσι παραβαλλομένουσ αὐτοῖσ εἰσ τὰσ φάτνασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 35 3:1)
- συνέβη γὰρ αὐτοῖσ κατὰ τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον τά τε περὶ τὸν πόλεμον ἀσκῆσαι, καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν εὐδοκιμῆσαι, καὶ τὴν τῆσ θαλάττησ ἡγεμονίαν λαβεῖν, ἀκόντων Λακεδαιμονίων. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 23 2:2)
- ἔφη γάρ ἐθέλειν τὸν υἱὸν ἀσκῆσαι παρὼν αὐτὸσ ἐπὶ στρατείασ. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 34 5:2)
- ἦν γὰρ τῇ μὲν ἐμπειρίᾳ πολεμικόσ, τῷ δὲ σώματι ῥωμαλέοσ, τῇ δὲ χειρὶ πλήκτησ, τῇ δὲ φύσει φιλοπόλεμοσ κἀν τούτῳ δὴ πολὺ τὸ γαῦρον καὶ ἀγέρωχον ἐπιφαίνων ἐν τοῖσ ἀγῶσι, τῷ δὲ ἄλλῳ τρόπῳ σώφρων, φιλάνθρωποσ, Ἑλληνικῆσ παιδείασ καὶ λόγων ἄχρι τοῦ τιμᾶν καὶ θαυμάζειν τοὺσ κατορθοῦντασ ἐραστήσ, αὐτὸσ δὲ ὑπ’ ἀσχολιῶν ἐφ’ ὅσον ἦν πρόθυμοσ ἀσκῆσαι καὶ μαθεῖν οὐκ ἐξικόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 1 1:2)
Synonyms
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I work
- ἔργω (to do work)
- ἐργάζομαι (I work at, make)
- ἐκπονέω (to work at, work well)
- κατεργάζομαι (to work up for use)
- χειρουργέω (I work with my hands)
- ἐκπονέω (to work hard)
- προμοχθέω (to work beforehand)
- τυκίζω (to work stones)
- ξυλουργέω (to work wood)
- μισοπονέω (to hate work)
- λεπτουργέω (to do fine work)
- τορέω (I work, I shape)
- πραγματεύομαι (to be laboured at, worked out)
- ἐργάζομαι (I work, labour)
- ἐκμοχθέω (to work out with toil)
- χαλκοτορέω (to work or form of brass)
- ἐκπονέω (to work out by searching, to search out)
- ἐριουργέω (to work in wool)
- κατεργάζομαι (to work at, practice)
- ἐργάζομαι (I work at, practice)
- προπονέω (to work for, work so as to obtain)
- προπονέω (to work for or instead of)
- μαλάσσω (to soften, for working)
- θαυμασιουργέω (to work wonders)
- θαυματοποιέω (to work wonders)
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I honor
- τιμάω (to pay honor to, to hold in honor, treat honorably)
- τιμάω ( to hold in honor)
-
I practice