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βδέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βδέω

Structure: βδέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to break wind

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular βδῶ βδεῖς βδεῖ
Dual βδεῖτον βδεῖτον
Plural βδοῦμεν βδεῖτε βδοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular βδῶ βδῇς βδῇ
Dual βδῆτον βδῆτον
Plural βδῶμεν βδῆτε βδῶσιν*
OptativeSingular βδοῖμι βδοῖς βδοῖ
Dual βδοῖτον βδοίτην
Plural βδοῖμεν βδοῖτε βδοῖεν
ImperativeSingular βδεῖ βδείτω
Dual βδεῖτον βδείτων
Plural βδεῖτε βδούντων, βδείτωσαν
Infinitive βδεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
βδων βδουντος βδουσα βδουσης βδουν βδουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular βδοῦμαι βδεῖ, βδῇ βδεῖται
Dual βδεῖσθον βδεῖσθον
Plural βδούμεθα βδεῖσθε βδοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular βδῶμαι βδῇ βδῆται
Dual βδῆσθον βδῆσθον
Plural βδώμεθα βδῆσθε βδῶνται
OptativeSingular βδοίμην βδοῖο βδοῖτο
Dual βδοῖσθον βδοίσθην
Plural βδοίμεθα βδοῖσθε βδοῖντο
ImperativeSingular βδοῦ βδείσθω
Dual βδεῖσθον βδείσθων
Plural βδεῖσθε βδείσθων, βδείσθωσαν
Infinitive βδεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
βδουμενος βδουμενου βδουμενη βδουμενης βδουμενον βδουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε͂̓βδουν ε͂̓βδεις ε͂̓βδειν*
Dual έ̓βδειτον ἐβδεῖτην
Plural έ̓βδουμεν έ̓βδειτε ε͂̓βδουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐβδοῦμην έ̓βδου έ̓βδειτο
Dual έ̓βδεισθον ἐβδεῖσθην
Plural ἐβδοῦμεθα έ̓βδεισθε έ̓βδουντο

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

  • ὡσ μακάριοσ ὅστισ σ’ ὀπύσει κἀκποιήσεται γαλᾶσ σοῦ μηδὲν ἥττουσ βδεῖν, ἐπειδὰν ὄρθροσ ᾖ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene10)
  • οὐ λιβανωτὸν γὰρ βδέω. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 2:8)
  • ὑμεῖσ δέ γ’, ὑπὲρ ὧν τοὺσ πόνουσ ἐγὼ πονῶ, μὴ βδεῖτε μηδὲ χέζεθ’ ἡμερῶν τριῶν· (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, iambics21)
  • ὡσ ἡ σφονδύλη φεύγουσα πονηρότατον βδεῖ, χἠ κώδων ἀκαλανθὶσ ἐπειγομένη τυφλὰ τίκτει, τουτάκισ οὔπω χρῆν τὴν εἰρήνην πεποιῆσθαι. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls10)
  • νῦν δὲ λαλοῦντόσ σου βδεῖν σ1’ ἐνόμιζον ἐγώ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2413)

Synonyms

  1. to break wind

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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