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

  • καὶ εἰσ τὰσ βόασ ἔδραμεν Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ἔλαβεν ἁπαλὸν μοσχάριον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ παιδί, καὶ ἐτάχυνε τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτό. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:7)
  • ἐφοβήθη δὲ Ἰακὼβ σφόδρα, καὶ ἠπορεῖτο. καὶ διεῖλε τὸν λαὸν τὸν μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ βόασ καὶ τὰσ καμήλουσ καὶ τὰ πρόβατα εἰσ δύο παρεμβολάσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:7)
  • καμήλουσ θηλαζούσασ, καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτῶν τριάκοντα, βόασ τεσσαράκοντα, ταύρουσ δέκα, ὄνουσ εἴκοσι καὶ πώλουσ δέκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:15)
  • καὶ τὰ πρόβατα αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺσ βόασ αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺσ ὄνουσ αὐτῶν, ὅσα τε ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ὅσα ἦν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἔλαβον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:28)
  • ἄλλαι δὲ ἑπτὰ βόεσ ἀνέβαινον μετὰ ταύτασ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ αἰσχραὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ καὶ ἐνέμοντο παρὰ τὰσ βόασ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλοσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:3)

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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