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ξέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξέω

Structure: ξέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to smooth or polish by scraping, planing, filing

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ξῶ ξεῖς ξεῖ
Dual ξεῖτον ξεῖτον
Plural ξοῦμεν ξεῖτε ξοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ξῶ ξῇς ξῇ
Dual ξῆτον ξῆτον
Plural ξῶμεν ξῆτε ξῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ξοῖμι ξοῖς ξοῖ
Dual ξοῖτον ξοίτην
Plural ξοῖμεν ξοῖτε ξοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ξεῖ ξείτω
Dual ξεῖτον ξείτων
Plural ξεῖτε ξούντων, ξείτωσαν
Infinitive ξεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ξων ξουντος ξουσα ξουσης ξουν ξουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ξοῦμαι ξεῖ, ξῇ ξεῖται
Dual ξεῖσθον ξεῖσθον
Plural ξούμεθα ξεῖσθε ξοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ξῶμαι ξῇ ξῆται
Dual ξῆσθον ξῆσθον
Plural ξώμεθα ξῆσθε ξῶνται
OptativeSingular ξοίμην ξοῖο ξοῖτο
Dual ξοῖσθον ξοίσθην
Plural ξοίμεθα ξοῖσθε ξοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ξοῦ ξείσθω
Dual ξεῖσθον ξείσθων
Plural ξεῖσθε ξείσθων, ξείσθωσαν
Infinitive ξεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ξουμενος ξουμενου ξουμενη ξουμενης ξουμενον ξουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε͂̓ξουν ε͂̓ξεις ε͂̓ξειν*
Dual έ̓ξειτον ἐξεῖτην
Plural έ̓ξουμεν έ̓ξειτε ε͂̓ξουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξοῦμην έ̓ξου έ̓ξειτο
Dual έ̓ξεισθον ἐξεῖσθην
Plural ἐξοῦμεθα έ̓ξεισθε έ̓ξουντο

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 ἔσται ἀντὶ ὀσμῆσ ἡδείασ κονιορτόσ, καὶ ἀντὶ ζώνησ σχοινίῳ ζώσῃ καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ κόσμου τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τοῦ χρυσίου φαλάκρωμα ἕξεισ διὰ τὰ ἔργα σου καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ χιτῶνοσ τοῦ μεσοπορφύρου περιζώσῃ σάκκον. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 3:24)
  • καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν σταθμῶν τῆσ θύρασ σου ἔθηκασ μνημόσυνά σου. ᾤου ὅτι ἐὰν ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ ἀποστῇσ, πλεῖόν τι ἕξεισ. ἠγάπησασ τοὺσ κοιμωμένουσ μετὰ σοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 57:8)
  • πικρὰν δ’ οὖν τὴν τυραννίδα ἕξεισ γευσάμενοσ τοῦ ξύλου. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 13:15)
  • οὕτω δὴ καὶ σύ, ὃν ἐξῆν μηκέτ’ ἀναλαμβάνειν εἴ ἀνάξιοσ ^ ἐδόκει τοῦ γένουσ, τοῦτον εἰ χρηστὸν ἡγησάμενοσ εἶναι πάλιν ἀνείληφασ, οὐκέτ’ ἀποκηρύττειν ἕξεισ· (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 11:4)
  • ἐπεὶ τίν’ ἄλλην ἀντὶ τῆσδ’ ἕξεισ στολήν; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. to smooth or polish by scraping

Derived

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

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