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βιβάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βιβάω

Structure: βιβά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: poet. form of bai/nw

Sense

  1. to stride, takes, strides

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular βίβω βίβᾳς βίβᾳ
Dual βίβᾱτον βίβᾱτον
Plural βίβωμεν βίβᾱτε βίβωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular βίβω βίβῃς βίβῃ
Dual βίβητον βίβητον
Plural βίβωμεν βίβητε βίβωσιν*
OptativeSingular βίβῳμι βίβῳς βίβῳ
Dual βίβῳτον βιβῷτην
Plural βίβῳμεν βίβῳτε βίβῳεν
ImperativeSingular βῖβᾱ βιβᾶτω
Dual βίβᾱτον βιβᾶτων
Plural βίβᾱτε βιβῶντων, βιβᾶτωσαν
Infinitive βίβᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
βιβων βιβωντος βιβωσα βιβωσης βιβων βιβωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular βίβωμαι βίβᾳ βίβᾱται
Dual βίβᾱσθον βίβᾱσθον
Plural βιβῶμεθα βίβᾱσθε βίβωνται
SubjunctiveSingular βίβωμαι βίβῃ βίβηται
Dual βίβησθον βίβησθον
Plural βιβώμεθα βίβησθε βίβωνται
OptativeSingular βιβῷμην βίβῳο βίβῳτο
Dual βίβῳσθον βιβῷσθην
Plural βιβῷμεθα βίβῳσθε βίβῳντο
ImperativeSingular βίβω βιβᾶσθω
Dual βίβᾱσθον βιβᾶσθων
Plural βίβᾱσθε βιβᾶσθων, βιβᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive βίβᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
βιβωμενος βιβωμενου βιβωμενη βιβωμενης βιβωμενον βιβωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐβῖβων ἐβῖβᾱς ἐβῖβᾱν*
Dual ἐβίβᾱτον ἐβιβᾶτην
Plural ἐβίβωμεν ἐβίβᾱτε ἐβῖβων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐβιβῶμην ἐβίβω ἐβίβᾱτο
Dual ἐβίβᾱσθον ἐβιβᾶσθην
Plural ἐβιβῶμεθα ἐβίβᾱσθε ἐβίβωντο

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.

Synonyms

  1. to stride

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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