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αὐχμέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐχμέω

Structure: αὐχμέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: au)xmo/s

Sense

  1. to be squalid or unwashed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular αὐχμῶ αὐχμεῖς αὐχμεῖ
Dual αὐχμεῖτον αὐχμεῖτον
Plural αὐχμοῦμεν αὐχμεῖτε αὐχμοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular αὐχμῶ αὐχμῇς αὐχμῇ
Dual αὐχμῆτον αὐχμῆτον
Plural αὐχμῶμεν αὐχμῆτε αὐχμῶσιν*
OptativeSingular αὐχμοῖμι αὐχμοῖς αὐχμοῖ
Dual αὐχμοῖτον αὐχμοίτην
Plural αὐχμοῖμεν αὐχμοῖτε αὐχμοῖεν
ImperativeSingular αύ̓χμει αὐχμείτω
Dual αὐχμεῖτον αὐχμείτων
Plural αὐχμεῖτε αὐχμούντων, αὐχμείτωσαν
Infinitive αὐχμεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
αὐχμων αὐχμουντος αὐχμουσα αὐχμουσης αὐχμουν αὐχμουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular αὐχμοῦμαι αὐχμεῖ, αὐχμῇ αὐχμεῖται
Dual αὐχμεῖσθον αὐχμεῖσθον
Plural αὐχμούμεθα αὐχμεῖσθε αὐχμοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular αὐχμῶμαι αὐχμῇ αὐχμῆται
Dual αὐχμῆσθον αὐχμῆσθον
Plural αὐχμώμεθα αὐχμῆσθε αὐχμῶνται
OptativeSingular αὐχμοίμην αὐχμοῖο αὐχμοῖτο
Dual αὐχμοῖσθον αὐχμοίσθην
Plural αὐχμοίμεθα αὐχμοῖσθε αὐχμοῖντο
ImperativeSingular αὐχμοῦ αὐχμείσθω
Dual αὐχμεῖσθον αὐχμείσθων
Plural αὐχμεῖσθε αὐχμείσθων, αὐχμείσθωσαν
Infinitive αὐχμεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
αὐχμουμενος αὐχμουμενου αὐχμουμενη αὐχμουμενης αὐχμουμενον αὐχμουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ηύ̓χμουν ηύ̓χμεις ηύ̓χμειν*
Dual ηὐχμεῖτον ηὐχμείτην
Plural ηὐχμοῦμεν ηὐχμεῖτε ηύ̓χμουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ηὐχμούμην ηὐχμοῦ ηὐχμεῖτο
Dual ηὐχμεῖσθον ηὐχμείσθην
Plural ηὐχμούμεθα ηὐχμεῖσθε ηὐχμοῦντο

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

  • ἤδη γάρ τι καὶ περὶ αὐχμῶν ἡμῖν γράφεισ ; (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 1:3)
  • πόθεν οὖν φράσον αὐχμῶν βαδίζεισ; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Prologue 2:36)
  • τίσ οὗτόσ ἐστιν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁ κεκραγὼσ ἐκ τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ παρὰ τὸν Ὑμηττὸν ἐν τῇ ὑπωρείᾳ πιναρὸσ ὅλοσ καὶ αὐχμῶν καὶ ὑποδίφθεροσ; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 7:1)
  • αὐχμῶν δέ ποτε γενομένων περὶ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐρρύη τὸ ὕδωρ ἰῶδεσ καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀπώλοντο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 15 3:1)
  • χαίρει τισ αὐχμῶν ἢ ῥυπῶν, κονιορτὸσ ἀναπέφηνεν πέφηνεν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 41 2:3)

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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