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ἀσθενέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσθενέω

Structure: ἀσθενέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)sqenh/s

Sense

  1. to be weak, feeble, sickly
  2. to be needy
  3. (with infinitive) to be too weak to do a thing, to be unable

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀσθενῶ ἀσθενεῖς ἀσθενεῖ
Dual ἀσθενεῖτον ἀσθενεῖτον
Plural ἀσθενοῦμεν ἀσθενεῖτε ἀσθενοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀσθενῶ ἀσθενῇς ἀσθενῇ
Dual ἀσθενῆτον ἀσθενῆτον
Plural ἀσθενῶμεν ἀσθενῆτε ἀσθενῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀσθενοῖμι ἀσθενοῖς ἀσθενοῖ
Dual ἀσθενοῖτον ἀσθενοίτην
Plural ἀσθενοῖμεν ἀσθενοῖτε ἀσθενοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἀσθένει ἀσθενείτω
Dual ἀσθενεῖτον ἀσθενείτων
Plural ἀσθενεῖτε ἀσθενούντων, ἀσθενείτωσαν
Infinitive ἀσθενεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀσθενων ἀσθενουντος ἀσθενουσα ἀσθενουσης ἀσθενουν ἀσθενουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀσθενοῦμαι ἀσθενεῖ, ἀσθενῇ ἀσθενεῖται
Dual ἀσθενεῖσθον ἀσθενεῖσθον
Plural ἀσθενούμεθα ἀσθενεῖσθε ἀσθενοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀσθενῶμαι ἀσθενῇ ἀσθενῆται
Dual ἀσθενῆσθον ἀσθενῆσθον
Plural ἀσθενώμεθα ἀσθενῆσθε ἀσθενῶνται
OptativeSingular ἀσθενοίμην ἀσθενοῖο ἀσθενοῖτο
Dual ἀσθενοῖσθον ἀσθενοίσθην
Plural ἀσθενοίμεθα ἀσθενοῖσθε ἀσθενοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἀσθενοῦ ἀσθενείσθω
Dual ἀσθενεῖσθον ἀσθενείσθων
Plural ἀσθενεῖσθε ἀσθενείσθων, ἀσθενείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀσθενεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀσθενουμενος ἀσθενουμενου ἀσθενουμενη ἀσθενουμενης ἀσθενουμενον ἀσθενουμενου

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

  • "δυσέκκριτοί τε καὶ μέσωσ τρόφιμοι, τούτων δὲ αἱ μήκωνεσ λεγόμεναι πρὸσ τοῖσ πυθμέσιν ἁπαλαί, εὔφθαρτοι, διὸ τοῖσ τὴν γαστέρα ἀσθενοῦσιν οἰκεῖαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 8:8)
  • εἶτ’ ἄξιον θαυμάσαι εἰ τοῦτ’ ἀποροῦσι, πότερον τηλικαῦτά ἐστι τὰ μεγέθη καὶ τὰ χρώματα τοιαῦτα οἱᾶ τοῖσ ἄπωθεν φαίνεται ἢ οἱᾶ τοῖσ ἐγγύθεν, καὶ πότερον οἱᾶ τοῖσ ὑγιαίνουσιν ἢ οἱᾶ τοῖσ κάμνουσιν, καὶ βαρύτερα πότερον ἃ τοῖσ ἀσθενοῦσιν ἢ ἃ τοῖσ ἰσχύουσιν, καὶ ἀληθῆ πότερον ἃ τοῖσ καθεύδουσιν ἢ ἃ τοῖσ ἐγρηγορόσιν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 154:2)
  • καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οἱ ἰατροὶ πάντεσ ἀπαγορεύουσιν τοῖσ ἀσθενοῦσιν μὴ χρῆσθαι ἐλαίῳ ἀλλ’ ἢ ὅτι σμικροτάτῳ ἐν τούτοισ οἷσ μέλλει ἔδεσθαι, ὅσον μόνον τὴν δυσχέρειαν κατασβέσαι τὴν ἐπὶ ταῖσ αἰσθήσεσι ταῖσ διὰ τῶν ῥινῶν γιγνομένην ἐν τοῖσ σιτίοισ τε καὶ ὄψοισ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 196:1)
  • καὶ Ξενοφῶν μὲν καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ εἰπόντεσ τοῖσ ἀσθενοῦσιν ὅτι τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ ἥξουσί τινεσ ἐπ’ αὐτούσ, πορευόμενοι πρὶν τέτταρα στάδια διελθεῖν ἐντυγχάνουσιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἀναπαυομένοισ ἐπὶ τῆσ χιόνοσ τοῖσ στρατιώταισ ἐγκεκαλυμμένοισ, καὶ οὐδὲ φυλακὴ οὐδεμία καθειστήκει· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 20:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be weak

  2. to be needy

Derived

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