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.
- ἀλλ’ ὅσησ πάντεσ ὁρᾶτε ἐρημίασ ἐπειλημμένοι καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων μὲν ἀπολωλότων, Θηβαίων δ’ ἀσχόλων ὄντων, τῶν δ’ ἄλλων οὐδενὸσ ὄντοσ ἀξιόχρεω περὶ τῶν πρωτείων ὑμῖν ἀντᾶραι, ἐξὸν ἡμῖν καὶ τὰ ἡμέτερα αὐτῶν ἀσφαλῶσ ἔχειν καὶ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων δίκαια βραβεύειν, ἀπεστερήμεθα μὲν χώρασ οἰκείασ, πλείω δ’ ἢ χίλια καὶ πεντακόσια τάλαντα ἀνηλώκαμεν εἰσ οὐδὲν δέον, οὓσ δὲ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ συμμάχουσ ἐκτησάμεθα, εἰρήνησ οὔσησ ἀπολωλέκασιν οὗτοι, ἐχθρὸν δ’ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ τηλικοῦτον ἠσκήκαμεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 21 2:9)
- οἷσ ‐ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα σιωπῶ, πόλλ’ ἂν ἔχων εἰπεῖν, ἀλλ’ ὅσησ ἅπαντεσ ὁρᾶτ’ ἐρημίασ ἐπειλημμένοι, καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων μὲν ἀπολωλότων, Θηβαίων δ’ ἀσχόλων ὄντων, τῶν δ’ ἄλλων οὐδενὸσ ὄντοσ ἀξιόχρεω περὶ τῶν πρωτείων ἡμῖν ἀντιτάξασθαι, ἐξὸν δ’ ἡμῖν καὶ τὰ ἡμέτερ’ αὐτῶν ἀσφαλῶσ ἔχειν καὶ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων δίκαια βραβεύειν, ἀπεστερήμεθα μὲν χώρασ οἰκείασ, πλείω δ’ ἢ χίλια καὶ πεντακόσια τάλαντ’ ἀνηλώκαμεν εἰσ οὐδὲν δέον, οὓσ δ’ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ συμμάχουσ ἐκτησάμεθα, εἰρήνησ οὔσησ ἀπολωλέκασιν οὗτοι, ἐχθρὸν δ’ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ τηλικοῦτον ἠσκήκαμεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 34:4)
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)
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I practice