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ἄω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄω

Structure: ά̓ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to sleep

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ά̓ω	ά̓εις	ά̓ει
	Dual		ά̓ετον	ά̓ετον
	Plural	ά̓ομεν	ά̓ετε	ά̓ουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ά̓ω	ά̓ῃς	ά̓ῃ
	Dual		ά̓ητον	ά̓ητον
	Plural	ά̓ωμεν	ά̓ητε	ά̓ωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ά̓οιμι	ά̓οις	ά̓οι
	Dual		ά̓οιτον	ἀοίτην
	Plural	ά̓οιμεν	ά̓οιτε	ά̓οιεν
Imperative	Singular		ά̓ε	ἀέτω
	Dual		ά̓ετον	ἀέτων
	Plural		ά̓ετε	ἀόντων, ἀέτωσαν
Infinitive		ά̓ειν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἀων ἀοντος	ἀουσα ἀουσης	ἀον ἀοντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ά̓ομαι	ά̓ει, ά̓ῃ	ά̓εται
	Dual		ά̓εσθον	ά̓εσθον
	Plural	ἀόμεθα	ά̓εσθε	ά̓ονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ά̓ωμαι	ά̓ῃ	ά̓ηται
	Dual		ά̓ησθον	ά̓ησθον
	Plural	ἀώμεθα	ά̓ησθε	ά̓ωνται
Optative	Singular	ἀοίμην	ά̓οιο	ά̓οιτο
	Dual		ά̓οισθον	ἀοίσθην
	Plural	ἀοίμεθα	ά̓οισθε	ά̓οιντο
Imperative	Singular		ά̓ου	ἀέσθω
	Dual		ά̓εσθον	ἀέσθων
	Plural		ά̓εσθε	ἀέσθων, ἀέσθωσαν
Infinitive		ά̓εσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἀομενος ἀομενου	ἀομενη ἀομενης	ἀομενον ἀομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ῆ̓ον	ῆ̓ες	ῆ̓εν*
	Dual		ή̓ετον	ἠέτην
	Plural	ή̓ομεν	ή̓ετε	ῆ̓ον
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠόμην	ή̓ου	ή̓ετο
	Dual		ή̓εσθον	ἠέσθην
	Plural	ἠόμεθα	ή̓εσθε	ή̓οντο

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

αὐτὰρ ὁ χιονέοιο λοεσσάμενοσ ποταμοῖο ᾤχετο φειδομένοισιν ἐπ’ ἴχνεσιν ἴχνοσ ἐρείδων, μὴ πόδεσ ἱμερόεντεσ ὑποχραίνοιντο κονίησ, μὴ πλοκάμων κυνέῃσιν ἐπιβρίσαντεσ ἐθείρασ ὀξύτερον σπεύδοντοσ ἀναστέλλοιεν ἀῆται. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1113)
εἰ δέ σε ναυτιλίησ δυσπεμφέλου ἵμεροσ αἱρεῖ, εὖτ’ ἂν Πληιάδεσ σθένοσ ὄβριμον Ωἀρίωνοσ φεύγουσαι πίπτωσιν ἐσ ἠεροειδέα πόντον, δὴ τότε παντοίων ἀνέμων θυίουσιν ἀῆται· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 69:1)
ἀλλὰ σὺ νῦν με, Κύπρι, Σεληναίησ ἄνθεμα πρῶτον ἔχεισ, ναυτίλον ὃσ πελάγεσσιν ἐπέπλεον, εἰ μὲν ἀῆται, τείνασ οἰκείων λαῖφοσ ἀπὸ προτόνων, εἰ δὲ Γαληναίη, λιπαρὴ θεόσ, οὖλοσ ἐρέσσων ποσσί νιν, ὥστ’ ἔργῳ τοὔνομα συμφέρεται, ἔστ’ ἔπεσον παρὰ θῖνασ Ιοὐλίδασ, ὄφρα γένωμαι σοὶ τὸ περίσκεπτον παίγνιον, Ἀρσινόη, μηδέ μοι ἐν θαλάμῃσιν ἔθ’, ὡσ πάροσ εἰμὶ γὰρ ἄπνουσ, τίκτηται νοτερῆσ ὠεόν ἁλκυόνησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1062)
ὅσσα δ’ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀήται μαρτύρια φθιμένων ζωῶν τε φωτῶν ἀπλέτου δόξασ, ἐπέψαυσαν κατὰ πᾶν τέλοσ· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 4 3:2)
πάροιθεν δὲ πρῴρασ δριμὺσ ἀήται κραδίασ θυμὸσ ἔγκοτον στύγοσ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, strophe 53)

Synonyms

to sleep
- συνεύδω (to sleep with)
- ἐνεύδω (to sleep in or on)
- ἐννυχεύω (to sleep in or on)
- εὐνάζω (to sleep)
- ὑπνάω (to sleep)
- συγκαθεύδω (to sleep with)
- ἐπικαθεύδω (to sleep upon)
- ἐπιαύω (to sleep upon)
- ἐπικατακοιμάομαι (to sleep upon)
- ἀποκοιτέω (to sleep away from)
- κατακοιμάω (to put to sleep, to go to sleep, sleep)
- παριαύω (to sleep beside)
- παραδαρθάνω (to sleep beside)
- προσαναπαύομαι (to sleep beside)
- παρακαταλέγομαι (to sleep beside)
- ἀωτέω (to sleep well)
- συγκοιμάομαι (to sleep with, lie with)
- ἀποδαρθάνω (to sleep a little)
- ἀπομερμηρίζω (to sleep off care)
- ἐνιαύω (to sleep among)
- ἐπιαύω (to sleep among)
- εὕδω (sleep of death)
- ἀφυπνόω (to wake from sleep)
- διυπνίζω (to awake from sleep)
- ἐγκοιμίζω (to lull to sleep in)
- ἀπευνάζω (to lull to sleep)
- στιβαδοκοιτέω (to sleep on litter)
- συνεύδω (coincident with sleep)
- κνώσσω (to slumber, sleep)
- ἐφυπνόω (to sleep meantime)
- ἐμπίπλημι (to eat one's fill)
- ἐμπίνω (to drink one's fill)
- κατέχω (to fill, to fill)
- ἀναπίμπλημι (to fill up)
- ἀναπληρόω (to fill up)
- ἀναπληρόω (to fill up, to fill)
- ἀποπίμπλημι (to fill up)
- ἐγχέω (to fill the)
- πίμπλημι (I fill; I fill with)
- ἐμπίπλημι (to be filled with . .)
- ἐμφορέω (to pour in, to take one's fill or make much use of)
- ἐναγκαλίζομαι (to take in one's arms)
- ἐκνοσφίζομαι (to take for one's own)

Derived

ἄω (to hurt)
ἄω (to satiate, to take one's fill)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἄω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to sleep

Derived

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ἄω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to sleep

Derived

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

English

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