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βοάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοάω

Structure: βοά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: boh/

Sense

to cry aloud, to shout, men ready to shout
to sound, resound, roar, howl, it proclaims
to call to one, call on
to call for, shout out for
to noise abroad
to cry aloud or command in a loud voice

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	βόω	βόᾳς	βόᾳ
	Dual		βόᾱτον	βόᾱτον
	Plural	βόωμεν	βόᾱτε	βόωσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	βόω	βόῃς	βόῃ
	Dual		βόητον	βόητον
	Plural	βόωμεν	βόητε	βόωσιν*
Optative	Singular	βόῳμι	βόῳς	βόῳ
	Dual		βόῳτον	βοῷτην
	Plural	βόῳμεν	βόῳτε	βόῳεν
Imperative	Singular		βο͂ᾱ	βοᾶτω
	Dual		βόᾱτον	βοᾶτων
	Plural		βόᾱτε	βοῶντων, βοᾶτωσαν
Infinitive		βόᾱν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		βοων βοωντος	βοωσα βοωσης	βοων βοωντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	βόωμαι	βόᾳ	βόᾱται
	Dual		βόᾱσθον	βόᾱσθον
	Plural	βοῶμεθα	βόᾱσθε	βόωνται
Subjunctive	Singular	βόωμαι	βόῃ	βόηται
	Dual		βόησθον	βόησθον
	Plural	βοώμεθα	βόησθε	βόωνται
Optative	Singular	βοῷμην	βόῳο	βόῳτο
	Dual		βόῳσθον	βοῷσθην
	Plural	βοῷμεθα	βόῳσθε	βόῳντο
Imperative	Singular		βόω	βοᾶσθω
	Dual		βόᾱσθον	βοᾶσθων
	Plural		βόᾱσθε	βοᾶσθων, βοᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive		βόᾱσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		βοωμενος βοωμενου	βοωμενη βοωμενης	βοωμενον βοωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐβο͂ων	ἐβο͂ᾱς	ἐβο͂ᾱν*
	Dual		ἐβόᾱτον	ἐβοᾶτην
	Plural	ἐβόωμεν	ἐβόᾱτε	ἐβο͂ων
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐβοῶμην	ἐβόω	ἐβόᾱτο
	Dual		ἐβόᾱσθον	ἐβοᾶσθην
	Plural	ἐβοῶμεθα	ἐβόᾱσθε	ἐβόωντο

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

ἐκκαίει τε γὰρ καὶ σήπει καὶ πίμπρασθαι ποιεῖ, καὶ βοῶσιν ὥσπερ οἱ ἐν πυρᾷ κείμενοι. (Lucian, Dipsades 6:2)
τὼ νεανία τὼ ἑταίρω Πυλάδησ τε ὁ Φωκεὺσ καὶ Ὀρέστησ δοκῶν ἤδη τεθνάναι λαθόντ’ ἐσ τὰ βασίλεια παρελθόντε φονεύουσιν ἄμφω τὸν Αἴγισθον ἡ δὲ Κλυταιμήστρα ἤδη ἀνῄρηται καὶ ἐπ’ εὐνῆσ τινοσ ἡμίγυμνοσ πρόκειται καὶ θεραπεία πᾶσα ἐκπεπληγμένοι τὸ ἔργον οἱ μὲν ὥσπερ βοῶσιν, οἱ δέ τινεσ ὅπῃ φύγωσι περιβλέπουσι. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 23:2)
σὺ δὲ γνωριεῖσ δηλαδή, πολλάκισ αὐτοῖσ παραστὰσ βοῶσιν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 4:5)
ἀρχὴν γὰρ οὐδὲ τὸν ἔλεγχον δέχονται, ἢν ἔρηταί τισ οὑτωσὶ κοσμίωσ καὶ κατὰ βραχύ, ἀλλ’ εὐθὺσ βοῶσιν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀναφεύγουσι, τὴν λοιδορίαν, καὶ πρόχειρον τὸ ξύλον. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 15:2)
ἢν μὴ τοῦ ἱματίου σε λαβόμενοι ἐπιστρέψωμεν, ὦ Ἀδείμαντε, οὐχ ὑπακούσει ἡμῖν βοῶσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ φροντίζοντι ἐοίκασ ἐπὶ συννοίασ τινὸσ οὐ μικρὸν οὐδὲ εὐκαταφρόνητον πρᾶγμα, ὡσ δοκεῖσ, ἀνακυκλῶν. (Lucian, 20:1)

Synonyms

to cry aloud
- ἀλαλάζω (to cry or shout aloud)
- ἀνολολύζω (to cry aloud, shout )
- προβοάω (to shout before, cry aloud)
- ἐγκράζω (to cry aloud at)
- ἐκκλάζω (to cry aloud)
- γεγωνίσκω (to cry aloud)
- ἀναύω (to cry aloud)
- ἀυτέω (to cry, shout)
to call to one
- προσκαλέω ( to call to oneself, call to one)
- προσεννέπω (to call)
- μετακαλέω (to call in)
- ἐπιφθέγγομαι (to call to)
- ἐνέπω (to call)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call on, to)
- εἰσκαλέω (to call in)
- ἀναβοάω (to call on)
- εἰσάγω (to call in)
- ἐγκαλέω (to call in)
- ἀυτέω (to call to)
- ἀνακαλέω (to call)
- ἐπικαλέω ( to call before one, summon)
- αὔω (to call upon)
- ἐπικέλομαι (to call upon)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call out to oneself)
- προσβοάομαι (to call to oneself, call in)
to call for
- ἐπιβωστρέω (to shout to, call upon)
- ἐμβοάω (to call upon, shout to)
- ἐπικράζω (to shout to or at)
- ἠπύω (to call out, shout, to roar)
- αὔω (to shout out, shout, call aloud)
- μετακαλέω (to call in)
- ἐπιφθέγγομαι (to call to)
- προσεννέπω (to call)
- ἐνέπω (to call)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call on, to)
- εἰσκαλέω (to call in)
- εἰσάγω (to call in)
- ἐγκαλέω (to call in)
- ἀυτέω (to call to)
- ἀνακαλέω (to call)
- ἀναβοάω (to call on)
- συμβοάω (to shout together with)
- ἐπαύω (to shout over)
to noise abroad
- προθρυλέω (to noise abroad beforehand)
- ἀποδημέω (to go abroad, to go abroad)
- συνεκδημέω (to be abroad with)
to cry aloud or command in a loud voice
- ὀλολύζω (to cry to the gods with a loud voice, cry aloud, crying aloud)
- ἀναύω (to cry aloud)
- ἐγκράζω (to cry aloud at)
- ἐκκλάζω (to cry aloud)
- γεγωνίσκω (to cry aloud)

Derived

ἀναβοάω (to shout aloud, utter a loud cry, a war-cry)
διαβοάω (to shout out, proclaim, publish)
ἐκβοάω (to call out, cry aloud)
ἐμβοάω (to call upon, shout to)
ἐπαναβοάω (to cry out)
ἐπιβοάω (to call upon or to, cry out to, to utter or sing aloud over)
καταβοάω (to cry down, cry out against, to bawl down)
προβοάω (to shout before, cry aloud)
προσβοάομαι (to call to oneself, call in)
συμβοάω (to shout together with, to call on, at once)
συναναβοάω (to cry out together)

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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βοάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to cry aloud

to call to one

to call for

to noise abroad

to cry aloud or command in a loud voice

Derived

Similar forms

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βοάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to cry aloud

to call to one

to call for

to noise abroad

to cry aloud or command in a loud voice

Derived

Similar forms

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