Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βοάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοάω

Structure: βοά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: boh/

Sense

  1. to cry aloud, to shout, men ready to shout
  2. to sound, resound, roar, howl, it proclaims
  3. to call to one, call on
  4. to call for, shout out for
  5. to noise abroad
  6. to cry aloud or command in a loud voice

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular βόω βόᾳς βόᾳ
Dual βόᾱτον βόᾱτον
Plural βόωμεν βόᾱτε βόωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular βόω βόῃς βόῃ
Dual βόητον βόητον
Plural βόωμεν βόητε βόωσιν*
OptativeSingular βόῳμι βόῳς βόῳ
Dual βόῳτον βοῷτην
Plural βόῳμεν βόῳτε βόῳεν
ImperativeSingular βο͂ᾱ βοᾶτω
Dual βόᾱτον βοᾶτων
Plural βόᾱτε βοῶντων, βοᾶτωσαν
Infinitive βόᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
βοων βοωντος βοωσα βοωσης βοων βοωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular βόωμαι βόᾳ βόᾱται
Dual βόᾱσθον βόᾱσθον
Plural βοῶμεθα βόᾱσθε βόωνται
SubjunctiveSingular βόωμαι βόῃ βόηται
Dual βόησθον βόησθον
Plural βοώμεθα βόησθε βόωνται
OptativeSingular βοῷμην βόῳο βόῳτο
Dual βόῳσθον βοῷσθην
Plural βοῷμεθα βόῳσθε βόῳντο
ImperativeSingular βόω βοᾶσθω
Dual βόᾱσθον βοᾶσθων
Plural βόᾱσθε βοᾶσθων, βοᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive βόᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
βοωμενος βοωμενου βοωμενη βοωμενης βοωμενον βοωμενου

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

  • φωνὴ βοῶντοσ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου. εὐθείασ ποιεῖτε τὰσ τρίβουσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 40:3)
  • Καθέζεσθαι οὖν με παρ’ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆσ κλίνησ ὁ Εὐκράτησ ἐκέλευεν, ἠρέμα ἐγκλίνασ τῇ φωνῇ εἰσ τὸ ἀσθενικὸν ὁπότε εἶδέ με, καίτοι βοῶντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ διατεινομένου τι μεταξὺ εἰσιὼν ἐπήκουον. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 6:7)
  • ἔχε λαβών καὶ γὰρ ἄσμενοι ἀπαλλαξόμεθα ἐνοχλοῦντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ βοῶντοσ καὶ ἅπαντασ ἁπαξαπλῶσ ὑβρίζοντοσ καὶ ἀγορεύοντοσ κακῶσ. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 11:7)
  • ἡ δὲ Κικέρωνοσ ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ ἀμετρία τῆσ περιαυτολογίασ ἀκρασίαν τινὰ κατηγόρει πρὸσ δόξαν, βοῶντοσ ὡσ τὰ ὅπλα ἔδει τῇ τηβέννῳ καὶ τῇ γλώττῃ τὴν θριαμβικὴν ὑπείκειν δάφνην. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 2 1:2)
  • τοῦ δὲ δήμου βοῶντοσ μὴ καταλείψειν παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐμὲ μόνον, ἧκέν τισ ἀγγέλλων κρύφα τοῖσ περὶ τὸν Ιἠσοῦν Ιωἄννην μετὰ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν πλησιάζειν. (Flavius Josephus, 359:1)

Synonyms

  1. to cry aloud

  2. to call to one

  3. to call for

  4. to noise abroad

  5. to cry aloud or command in a loud voice

Derived

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

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