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

  • 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

  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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