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ἀωτέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀωτέω

Structure: ἀωτέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)/w to sleep

Sense

  1. to sleep well

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀώτω ἀώτεις ἀώτει
Dual ἀώτειτον ἀώτειτον
Plural ἀώτουμεν ἀώτειτε ἀώτουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀώτω ἀώτῃς ἀώτῃ
Dual ἀώτητον ἀώτητον
Plural ἀώτωμεν ἀώτητε ἀώτωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀώτοιμι ἀώτοις ἀώτοι
Dual ἀώτοιτον ἀωτοίτην
Plural ἀώτοιμεν ἀώτοιτε ἀώτοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀῶτει ἀωτεῖτω
Dual ἀώτειτον ἀωτεῖτων
Plural ἀώτειτε ἀωτοῦντων, ἀωτεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἀώτειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀωτων ἀωτουντος ἀωτουσα ἀωτουσης ἀωτουν ἀωτουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀώτουμαι ἀώτει, ἀώτῃ ἀώτειται
Dual ἀώτεισθον ἀώτεισθον
Plural ἀωτοῦμεθα ἀώτεισθε ἀώτουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀώτωμαι ἀώτῃ ἀώτηται
Dual ἀώτησθον ἀώτησθον
Plural ἀωτώμεθα ἀώτησθε ἀώτωνται
OptativeSingular ἀωτοίμην ἀώτοιο ἀώτοιτο
Dual ἀώτοισθον ἀωτοίσθην
Plural ἀωτοίμεθα ἀώτοισθε ἀώτοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀώτου ἀωτεῖσθω
Dual ἀώτεισθον ἀωτεῖσθων
Plural ἀώτεισθε ἀωτεῖσθων, ἀωτεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀώτεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀωτουμενος ἀωτουμενου ἀωτουμενη ἀωτουμενης ἀωτουμενον ἀωτουμενου

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

  • ἀγλαίζεται δὲ καὶ μουσικᾶσ ἐν ἀώτῳ οἱᾶ παίζομεν φίλαν ἄνδρεσ ἀμφὶ θαμὰ τράπεζαν, κατὰ τὸν Θηβαῖον μελοποιόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4 4:4)
  • Θεόκριτοσ δ’ ὁ Συρακόσιοσ ἐν ταῖσ Φαρμακευτρίαισ φησίν στέψον τὰν κελέβαν φοινικέῳ οἰὸσ ἀώτῳ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 50 2:5)
  • θεμιστεῖον ὃσ ἀμφέπει σκᾶπτον ἐν πολυμάλῳ Σικελίᾳ, δρέπων μὲν κορυφὰσ ἀρετᾶν ἄπο πασᾶν, ἀγλαί̈ζεται δὲ καὶ μουσικᾶσ ἐν ἀώτῳ, οἱᾶ παίζομεν φίλαν ἄνδρεσ ἀμφὶ θαμὰ τράπεζαν. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 1 3:1)
  • στέψον τὰν κελέβαν φοινικέῳ οἰὸσ ἀώτῳ, ὡσ τὸν ἐμὸν βαρὺν εὖντα φίλον καταθύσομαι ἄνδρα, ὅσ μοι δωδεκαταῖοσ ἀφ’ ὧ τάλασ οὐδέποθ’ ἵκει, οὐδ’ ἔγνω πότερον τεθνάκαμεσ ἢ ζοοὶ εἰμέσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 4)
  • ἔνθ’ ὅ γε παννύχιοσ, κεκαλυμμένοσ οἰὸσ ἀώτῳ, βούλευε φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ὁδὸν τὴν πέφραδ’ Ἀθήνη. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 42:10)

Synonyms

  1. to sleep well

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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